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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
106
1670
6839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
81
1353
5197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
189
748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
6
103
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
75
231
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
75 Genera with 231 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTX
Ammophilimima1SpeciesTaxom
Ammophilomima Enderlein, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Anacinaces Enderlein, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Antipalpus2SpeciesTaxom
Antipalus Loew, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Blepharotes Westwood, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Buckellia Curran, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Cenopogon Wulp, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Cerdistus Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Coneccaplypsis1SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Damalina Doleschall, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 18826SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogon Meigen, 18486SpeciesTaxom
Dasythrix Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18684SpeciesTaxom
Epiklisis Becker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Erax Scopoli, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Eupalamus Wesmael, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Goneccalypsis Hermann, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Holopheromerus2SpeciesTaxom
Hoplopheromerus Becker, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Lagynogaster Hermann, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1914Bee-like robber flies25SpeciesTaxom
Laphystia Lapkystiella..., 19831SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 191716SpeciesTaxom
Lochites Forster, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Lycostommyia Oldroyd, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Mactea Richter & Ma..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 18615SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Mesoleptogaster Frey, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Michotamia Macquart, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 182811SpeciesTaxom
Mimoscolia Enderlein, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Molobratia Hull, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Myelaphus Bigot, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19259SpeciesTaxom
Neolaparus Williston, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Nerax Hull, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Oligoschema Becker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ommatinus Becker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 192516SpeciesTaxom
Orophotus Becker, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Ospriocerus Loew, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Pagidolaphria Hermann, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18556SpeciesTaxom
Pogonosoma Rondani, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Polacantha Martin, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Prolepsis Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1887Giant Robber Flies16SpeciesTaxom
Psilonyx Aldrich, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Reburrus Daniels, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Stenommatius Matsumura, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Tolmerus Loew, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Trichomachimus Engel, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Trigonomima Enderlein, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Trypanoides Becker, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Xenomyza Wiedemann, 18825SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
231 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophilimima trifida Hsia, 1949
Ammophilomima trifida Hsia, 1949
Anacinaces ochriventris Becker, 1925
Antipalpus kochi Meijere, 1913
Antipalpus pedestris Becker, 1925
Antipalus kochi Meijere, 1913
Antipalus pedestris Becker, 1925
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Apoclea duplicata Becker, 1925
Asilus abdominalis (Say, 1824)⇒ Efferia abdominalis Wiedemann, 1821
Asilus albibarbis (Macquart, 1849)⇒ Machimus albibarbis Macquart, 1849
Asilus anicius (Walker, 1849)⇒ Promachus anicius Walker, 1849
Asilus atratulus (Walker, 1855)⇒ Machimus albibarbis Macquart, 1849
Asilus auratus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Michotamia aurata Fabricius, 1794
Asilus canus (Wiedemann, 1818)⇒ Promachus canus Wiedemann, 1818
Asilus hopponis Matsumura, 1916
Astochia inermis Hermann, 1917
Astochia laetus Becker, 1925
Astochia scalaris Hermann, 1917
Astochia trichura Hermann, 1917
Astochia trigemina Becker, 1925
Astochia trihura Hermann, 1917
Blepharotes splendidissimus Wiedemann, 1830
Buckellia wilcoxi (Pritchard, 1935)⇒ Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930
Cenopogon bifidus (Wulp, 1898)⇒ Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Cerdistus laetus (Becker, 1925)⇒ Astochia laetus Becker, 1925
Choerades auricomata Hermann, 1914
Choerades aurigena (Walker, 1851)⇒ Laphria vulcanus Wiedemann, 1828
Choerades azurea Hermann, 1914
Choerades basalis Hermann, 1914
Choerades khabarovensis (Esipenko, 1972)⇒ Laphria chrysotelus Walker, 1855
Choerades lobifera Hermann, 1914
Clinopogon sauteri Bezzi, 1910
Coneccaplypsis lucida Hermann, 1912
Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930
Damalina nitida Hermann, 1914
Damalina pennipes (Hermann, 1914)⇒ Trigonomima pennipes Hermann, 1914
Damalis andron Walker, 1849
Damalis formosana Frey, 1934
Damalis grossa Schiner, 1868
Damalis immerita Osten-sacken, 1882
Damalis maculata Wiedemann, 1828
Damalis vitripennis Osten-sacken, 1882
Dasypogon cerco (Walker, 1849)⇒ Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Dasypogon gigas (Wiedemann, 1821)⇒ Microstylum gigas Wiedemann, 1821
Dasypogon hypsaon (Walker, 1849)⇒ Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Dasypogon japonica (Bigot, 1878)⇒ Molobratia japonica Bigot, 1878
Dasypogon spectrum Wiedemann, 1828
Dasypogon volcatus (Walker, 1848)⇒ Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Dasythrix grisea (Hermann, 1914)⇒ Nusa grisea Hermann, 1914
Efferia abdominalis Wiedemann, 1821
Emphysomera aequalis (Becker, 1925)⇒ Ommatius aequalis Becker, 1925
Emphysomera biseriatus (Becker, 1925)⇒ Ommatius biseriatus Becker, 1925
Emphysomera conopsoides Wiedemann, 1828
Emphysomera nigra (Schiner, 1868)⇒ Ommatius nigra Schiner, 1868
Epiklisis pilitarsis Becker, 1925
Erax integer (Macquart, 1846)⇒ Philodicus longipes Schiner, 1868
Eupalamus giganteus isshikii Uchida, 1956
Euscelidia obtusa Dikow, 2003
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Eutolmus taiwanensis Hradský & Hü..., 1985
Goneccalypsis lucida Hermann, 1912
Holopheromerus armatipes Macquart, 1855
Holopheromerus hirtiventris Becker, 1925
Hoplopheromerus armatipes Macquart, 1855
Hoplopheromerus hirtiventris Becker, 1925
Lagynogaster fuliginosa Hermann, 1917
Lagynogaster sauteri Hermann, 1917
Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria auricomata Hermann, 1914
Laphria azurea Hermann, 1914
Laphria basalis Hermann, 1914
Laphria blumei (Wulp, 1872)⇒ Laphria vulcanus Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria chrysotelus Walker, 1855
Laphria colorata (Boisduval, 1835)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria comes (Walker, 1858)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria compta (Walker, 1860)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria consors (Walker, 1858)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria cyanea (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria formosana Matsumura, 1916
Laphria lobifera Hermann, 1914
Laphria mellipes Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria pellucida (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria pyrrhothrix Hermann, 1914
Laphria remota Hermann, 1914
Laphria remoto Hermann, 1914
Laphria replens (Walker, 1861)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria requisita (Walker, 1859)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Laphria senomera (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria taipinensis Matsumura, 1916
Laphria vulcana Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria vulcanus Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria xanthothrix Hermann, 1914
Laphystia pilamensis Hradsky, 1983
Lasiopogon gracilipes Bezzi, 1921
Lasiopogon solox Enderlein, 1914
Lasiopogon sorox Enderlein, 1914
Leptogaster appendiculata Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett, 1899
Leptogaster bilobata Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster coarctata Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster eudicrana Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Leptogaster formosana Enderlein, 1914
Leptogaster gracilipes Hsia, 1949
Leptogaster koshunensis Oldroyd, 1975
Leptogaster logicaudu Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster longicauda Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster pilosella Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster sauteri (Hermann, 1914)⇒ Lagynogaster sauteri Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster similis Hsia, 1949
Leptogaster spinulosa (Meijere, 1914)⇒ Leptogaster koshunensis Oldroyd, 1975
Leptogaster trimucronotata Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster unihammata Hermann, 1917
Lochites testaceus (Bigot, 1878)⇒ Michotamia aurata Fabricius, 1794
Lycostommyia albifacies Hermann, 1907
Machimus albibarbis Macquart, 1849
Machimus asiaticus Becker, 1925
Machimus aurentulus Becker, 1925
Machimus aurulentus Becker, 1925
Machimus impeditus Becker, 1925
Mactea pyrrhothrix Hermann, 1914
Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Maira aterrima Harmann, 1914
Maira pachycera (Bigot, 1878)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Maira pellucida (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Maira replens (Walker, 1861)⇒ Maira aenea Fabricius, 1805
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Mesoleptogaster gracilipes Hsia, 1949
Michotamia aurata Fabricius, 1794
Microstylum amoyense Bigot, 1878
Microstylum bromleyi Timon-David, 1952
Microstylum capucinum Bigot, 1879
Microstylum cilipes Macquart, 1838
Microstylum dispar Loew, 1858
Microstylum dux Wiedemann, 1828
Microstylum gigas Wiedemann, 1821
Microstylum oberthürii Wulp, 1896
Microstylum oberthuerii (Wulp, 1896)⇒ Microstylum oberthurii Wulp, 1878
Microstylum oberthurii Wulp, 1878
Microstylum spectrum (Wiedemann, 1828)⇒ Microstylum dux Wiedemann, 1828
Molobratia chujoi Nagatomi & I..., 1989
Molobratia japonica Bigot, 1878
Molobratia purpuripennis Matsumura, 1916
Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882
Myelaphus rufus (Williston, 1883)⇒ Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882
Neoitamus aurifer Hermann, 1917
Neoitamus cvanurus Loew, 1849
Neoitamus cyanurus Loew, 1849Common awl robberfly
Neoitamus dolichurus Becker, 1925
Neoitamus fertilis Becker, 1925
Neoitamus pediformis Becker, 1925
Neoitamus rubripes Hermann, 1917
Neoitamus siamensis (Ricardo, 1919)⇒ Astochia inermis Hermann, 1917
Neoitamus strigipes Becker, 1925
Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Nerax labidophorus Wiedemann, 1828
Nusa grisea Hermann, 1914
Oligoschema nuda Becker, 1925
Ommatinus pauper (Becker, 1925)⇒ Ommatius pauper Becker, 1925
Ommatius aequalis Becker, 1925
Ommatius auratus Wiedemann, 1821
Ommatius biseriatus Becker, 1925
Ommatius compactus Becker, 1925
Ommatius flavipyga Becker, 1925
Ommatius fulvimanus Wulp, 1872
Ommatius griseipennis Becker, 1925
Ommatius major Becker, 1925
Ommatius medius Becker, 1925
Ommatius nigra Schiner, 1868
Ommatius nigripes Meijere, 1913
Ommatius pauper Becker, 1925
Ommatius similis Becker, 1925
Ommatius simils Becker, 1925
Ommatius torulosus Becker, 1925
Ommatius unicolor Becker, 1925
Orophotus chinensis Becker, 1925
Orophotus chrysogaster Becker, 1925
Orophotus fulvidus Becker, 1925
Orophotus ochreceus Becker, 1925
Orophotus univittatus Becker, 1925
Ospriocerus aeacus Wiedemann, 1828
Pagidolaphria chrysotelus Walker, 1855
Pegesimallus volcatus Walker, 1849
Philodicus chinensis Schiner, 1868
Philodicus integer Macquart, 1846
Philodicus longipes Schiner, 1868
Philodicus ochraceus Becker, 1925
Philodicus ochreceus Becker, 1925
Philodicus separata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Philodicus chinensis Schiner, 1868
Pogonosoma funebris Hermann, 1914
Polacantha gracilis Wiedemann, 1828
Prolepsis tristis Walker, 1851
Promachus anicius Walker, 1849
Promachus canus Wiedemann, 1818
Promachus formosanus Matsumura, 1916
Promachus foromosanus Matsumura, 1916
Promachus fulviventris Becker, 1925
Promachus horichanus Matsumura, 1916
Promachus horishanus Matsumura, 1916
Promachus indigenus Becker, 1925
Promachus longius Chou & Lee, 1991
Promachus nigrbarbatus Becker, 1925
Promachus nigribarbatus Becker, 1925
Promachus opacus Becker, 1925
Promachus taiwanensis Chou & Lee, 1991
Promachus testaceipes Macquart, 1855
Promachus testacipes Macquart, 1855
Promachus yesonicus Bigot, 1887Shioya-abu
Psilonyx migricoxa Hsia, 1949
Psilonyx nigricoxa Hsia, 1949
Reburrus kochi Meijere, 1913
Reburrus pedestris Becker, 1925
Scylaticus degener Schiner, 1868
Scylaticus lutescens Hermann, 1914
Stenommatius formosanus Matsumura, 1916
Stenommatius ochriventris Becker, 1915
Stenopogon aeacus Wiedemann, 1828
Stichopogon infuscatus Bezzi, 1910
Stichopogon peregrinus Osten-sacken, 1882
Tolmerus asiaticus (Becker, 1925)⇒ Machimus asiaticus Becker, 1925
Tolmerus impeditus (Becker, 1925)⇒ Machimus impeditus Becker, 1925
Trichomachimus scutellaris Coquillett, 1898
Trigonomima pennipes Hermann, 1914
Trypanoides fulviventris (Becker, 1925)⇒ Promachus fulviventris Becker, 1925
Trypanoides indigenus (Becker, 1925)⇒ Promachus indigenus Becker, 1925
Xenomyza formosana (Frey, 1934)⇒ Damalis formosana Frey, 1934
Xenomyza grossa Schiner, 1868
Xenomyza immerita Osten Sacken, 1882
Xenomyza maculata Wiedemann, 1828
Xenomyza vitripennis Osten Sacken, 1882

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Taiwan
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
23
93
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
18
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
9
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
6
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


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