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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
172
1642
3307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
46
258
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
37
192
398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
52
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
39
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
25
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tamil Nadu
25 Genera with 61 Species
#ACDEHLMNOPRST
Antiphrisson Löw, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Clephydroneura Becker, 197915SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 19856SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19803SpeciesTaxom
Hyperechia Schiner, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1981Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Michotamia Macquart, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19833SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1892Giant Robber Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomerodontina Joseph & Parui, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Rhadiurgus Loew, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Spanurus Loew, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Trigonomima Enderlein, 19922SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
61 Species
Antiphrisson trifarius Löw, 1849
Apoclea indica Bromley, 1935
Asilus trifarius (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Antiphrisson trifarius Löw, 1849
Clephydroneura anamalaiensis Joseph & Parui, 1979
Clephydroneura apicalis Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura brevipennis Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura dasi Parui & Das, 1995
Clephydroneura distincta Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura exilis Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura ghoshi Parui & Das, 1995
Clephydroneura indiana Joseph & Parui, 1979
Clephydroneura karikalensis Parui & Das, 1995
Clephydroneura lali Joseph & Parui, 1979
Clephydroneura nelsoni Joseph & Parui, 1979
Clephydroneura nilaparvata Joseph & Parui, 1979
Clephydroneura robusta Joseph & Parui, 1984
Clephydroneura semirufa Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura wilcoxi Joseph & Parui, 1979
Cophinopoda chinensis Fabricius, 1794
Damalis fabricii Scarbrough, 2005
Damalis fusca Walker, 1849
Damalis indica Joseph & Parui, 1985
Damalis planiceps Fabricius, 1805
Damalis pseudoartigasi Joseph & Parui, 1987
Damalis rufoabdominalis Joseph & Parui, 1985
Emphysomera tectura Scarbrough &..., 1999
Heligmonevra anamalaiensis Joseph & Parui, 1980
Heligmonevra cheriani Joseph & Parui, 1980
Heligmonevra shimogaensis Joseph & Parui, 1980
Hyperechia xylocopiformis Walker, 1849
Laphria nathani Joseph & Parui, 1981
Leptogaster cheriani Bromley, 1938
Machimus montanus Ricardo, 1919
Machimus nilgiriensis Parui & Joseph, 1994
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Michotamia fuscifemorata Joseph & Parui, 1984
Michotamia indiana Joseph & Parui, 1981
Microstylum bhattacharyai Joseph & Parui, 1985
Nusa formio Walker, 1851
Nusa shevaroyensis Joseph & Parui, 1992
Ommatius dravidicus Joseph & Parui, 1983
Ommatius kodaikanalensis Joseph & Parui, 1995
Ommatius tuberculatus Joseph & Parui, 1983
Philodicus hospes Wiedemann, 1819
Philodicus propinquus Bromley, 1938
Philodicus pruthii Bromley, 1935
Promachus duvaucelii Macquart, 1838
Promachus heteropterus Macquart, 1838
Promachus leucotrichodes Bigot, 1892
Promachus maculatus Fabricius, 1775
Promachus ramakrishnai Bromley, 1939
Promachus smithi Parui & Joseph, 1994
Promachus tristis Bigot, 1892
Pseudomerodontina jayaraji Joseph & Parui, 1976
Rhadiurgus bifidus Fabricius, 1805
Spanurus dravidicus Joseph & Parui, 1990
Stenopogon raven Bromley, 1938
Stichopogon gymnurus Oldroyd, 1948
Stichopogon meridionalis Oldroyd, 1948
Trigonomima anamaliensis Joseph & Parui, 1980
Trigonomima gibbera Shi, 1992

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
13
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Asilidae at geller-grimm.de
Asilidae at artfakta.se
Asilidae at dyntaxa.se
Asilidae at gbif.org
Asilidae at irmng.org
Asilidae at itis.gov
Asilidae at marinespecies.org