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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region West Bengal (East India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
299
2570
5220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
298
2569
5219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
282
2505
5118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
183
1984
4207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
41
340
768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
31
225
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
56
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
30
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
18
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Bengal
18 Genera with 31 Species
Ammophilomima Enderlein, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Clephydroneura Becker, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 18054SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19283SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1898Bee-like robber flies4SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Michotamia Macquart, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Neolaparus Williston, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1935Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Bengal
31 Species
Ammophilomima rufescens Frey, 1937
Andrenosoma choprai Bromley, 1935
Asilus aurimystax Bromley, 1928
Astochia hindostani Ricardo, 1919
Damalis chelomakolon Londt, 1989
Damalis claripennis Bromley, 1935
Damalis fusca Walker, 1849
Damalis planiceps Fabricius, 1805
Heligmonevra chaetoprocta Hull, 1962
Heligmonevra ricardoi Joseph & Parui, 1980
Heligmonevra yenpingensis Bromley, 1928
Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria fulva (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Lamyra fulva Meigen, 1804
Laphria furva Wulp, 1898
Laphria gilvoides Wulp, 1898
Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett, 1899
Leptogaster ophionea Frey, 1937
Machimus aurimystax Bromley, 1928
Machimus incisuralis Bromley, 1935
Machimus infrafemoralis Bromley, 1935
Maira longirostrata Bromley, 1935
Michotamia aurata Fabricius, 1794
Microstylum albolimbatum Wulp, 1898
Neolaparus volcatus Walker, 1848
Ommatius carmichaeli Bromley, 1935
Ommatius conopsoides Wiedemann, 1828
Ommatius hiharensis
Ommatius subgracilis Bromley, 1935
Pegesimallus volcata Walker, 1849
Promachus ghumtiensis Bromley, 1935
Stenopogon nigrofasciatus Brunetti, 1928

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in West Bengal
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
8
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
3
Genera
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