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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
64
581
1558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
215
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
7
174
843
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
71
275
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
71 Genera with 275 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTZ
Acnephalomyia Londt, 20104SpeciesTaxom
Acnephalum Macquart, 18284SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Afroscleropogon Londt, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Anypodetus Hermann, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Bana Londt, 01SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Congomochtherus Oldroyd, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 1992
0SpeciesTaxom
Corymyia Londt, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 19896SpeciesTaxom
Danomyia Londt, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Dasophrys Loew, 19818SpeciesTaxom
Daspletis Loew, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysclytus Loew, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Gibbasilus Londt, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Goneccalypsis Hermann, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 183812SpeciesTaxom
Habropogon Loew, 20005SpeciesTaxom
Haroldia Londt, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hynirhynchus Lindner, 1955
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypenetes Loew, 198510SpeciesTaxom
Hyperechia Schiner, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Ischiolobos Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1974Bee-like robber flies4SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Lycostommyia Oldroyd, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megadrillus Bigot, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Microphontes Londt, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 187910SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 198894SpeciesTaxom
Notomochtherus Londt, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Pedomyia Londt, 19946SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1849Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Pycnomerinx Hull, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Remotomyia Londt, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdogaster Loew, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Rhacholaemus Hermann, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 199211SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19575SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Stiphrolamyra Engel, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Synolcus Loew, 18464SpeciesTaxom
Teratopomyia Oldroyd, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Trichoura Londt, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Zelamyia Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
275 Species
Acnephalomyia dorsalis Macquart, 1838
Acnephalomyia iota Londt, 2010
Acnephalomyia leukoros Londt, 2010
Acnephalomyia probolos Londt, 2010
Acnephalum andrenoides Wiedemann, 1828
Acnephalum cockerelli Curran, 1934
Acnephalum dorsale Macquart, 1838
Acnephalum quadratum Wiedemann, 1828
Afroholopogon capensis Lindner, 1961
Afroholopogon melas Londt, 2005
Afromochtherus kolodrins
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus melanurus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus mendax Tsacas, 1969
Afromochtherus peri Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus zoropegus Londt, 2002
Afroscleropogon clementsi Londt, 1999
Afroscleropogon dilutus Walker, 1851
Alcimus mimus Wiedemann, 1828
Alcimus porrectus Walker, 1851
Ancylorhynchus fulvicollis Bigot, 1879
Ancylorhynchus insignis Bromley, 1936
Ancylorhynchus reynaudii Macquart, 1838
Andrenosoma cyrtophora Hermann, 1912
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Anypodetus fascipennis Engel, 1924
Anypodetus leucothrix Londt, 2000
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Asilus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781
Bactria amastrus
Bactria vagator Wiedemann, 1828
Bana madiba
Choerades aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Choerades flavipes Wiedemann, 1821
Corymyia antimelas Londt, 1994
Corymyia euryops Londt, 1994
Corymyia melas Londt, 1994
Corymyia xantha Londt, 1994
Damalis annulata Loew, 1858
Damalis cylindrica Hull, 1967
Damalis furcula Londt, 1989
Damalis heterocera Wiedemann, 1821
Damalis knysna Londt, 1989
Damalis xaniomerus Londt, 1989
Danomyia habra Londt, 1993
Danomyia tanaos Londt, 1993
Dasophrys bullatus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys engeli Londt, 1981
Dasophrys minutus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys nanus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys nigricans Wiedemann, 1821
Dasophrys nigroflavipes Hobby, 1933
Dasophrys nigroseta Londt, 1981
Dasophrys saliotragus Londt, 1981
Daspletis hermanni Ricardo, 1925
Daspletis stenoura Londt, 1983
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Euscelidia brunnea Loew, 1858
Euscelidia capensis Dikow, 2003
Gibbasilus arenaceus Londt, 1986
Gibbasilus brevicolis Londt, 1990
Gibbasilus centrolobus Londt, 1990
Goneccalypsis montanus Londt, 1982
Gonioscelis ceresae Oldroyd, 1974
Gonioscelis chloris Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis engeli Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis exouros Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis haemorhous Schiner, 1867
Gonioscelis hispidus Wiedemann, 1819
Gonioscelis iota Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis lacertosus Engel, 1925
Gonioscelis maculiventris Bigot, 1879
Gonioscelis melas Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis pickeri Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis scapularis Macquart, 1838
Habropogon capensis Londt, 1981
Habropogon cochraneae Londt, 2000
Habropogon hessei Londt, 2000
Habropogon hilaryae Londt, 2000
Habropogon karooensis Londt, 2000
Haroldia oldroydi Londt, 1999
Haroldia trivialis Oldroyd, 1974
Hermannomyia engeli Hull, 1962
Hermannomyia oldroydi Londt, 1981
Hoplistomerus nobilis Loew, 1858
Hypenetes dicranus Londt, 1985
Hypenetes galactodes Oldroyd, 1974
Hypenetes grisescens Engel, 1929
Hypenetes hessei Londt, 1985
Hypenetes irwini Oldroyd, 1974
Hypenetes loewi Londt, 1985
Hypenetes oldroydi Londt, 1985
Hypenetes rexi Londt, 1985
Hypenetes stigmatias Loew, 1858
Hypenetes stuckenbergi Londt, 1985
Hyperechia nigripennis Wiedemann, 1830
Ischiolobos notios Londt, 2005
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Laphria flavipes Wiedemann, 1821
Laphria fulvipes (Ricardo, 1913)⇒ Proagonistes rufibarbis Fabricius, 1805
Laphria gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758
Laphria multipunctata Oldroyd, 1974
Leptogaster aganniphe Janssens, 1957
Machimus hirtipes Ricardo, 1919
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megadrillus heteronevrus Macquart, 1839
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Microphontes ericfisheri Markee & Dikow, 2018
Microstylum bloesum Walker, 1849
Microstylum capense Fabricius, 1805
Microstylum capucinum Bigot, 1879
Microstylum fenestratum Wiedemann, 1828
Microstylum gigas Wiedemann, 1821
Microstylum lacteipenne Wiedemann, 1828
Microstylum sagitta Bigot, 1879
Microstylum saverrio Walker, 1849
Microstylum venosum Wiedemann, 1821
Microstylum villosum Bigot, 1879
Neolophonotus abuntius Walker, 1849
Neolophonotus acrophilia Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus acuminatus Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus aktites Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus albofasciatus Ricardo, 1900
Neolophonotus algidus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus angustibarbus Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus annettae Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus anomalus Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus bicuspis Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus bimaculatus Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus boa Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus braunsi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus brendani Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus brunales Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus colubris Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus comatus Wiedemann, 1821
Neolophonotus crenulatus Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus crinitus Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus depilis Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus diana Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus dispar Engel, 1927
Neolophonotus dysmicus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus expandocolis Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus floccus Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus forcipatus Macquart, 1838
Neolophonotus gertrudae Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus gilvipilosus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus grossus Bromley, 1936
Neolophonotus hessei Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus heteronevrus Macquart, 1838
Neolophonotus hilaryae Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus hobbyi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus hulli Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus hymenotelus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus jubatus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus karooensis Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus kerteszi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus kolochaetes Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus lacustrinus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus lawrencei Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus leoninus Schiner, 1867
Neolophonotus leptostylus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus loewi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus loganius Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus louisi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus macquarti Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus macromystax Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus macropterus Loew, 1854
Neolophonotus margaracta Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus marquarti
Neolophonotus mediolocus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus melanolophus Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus melinus Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus membraneus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus mesotopus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus milleri Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus minutus Hull, 1967
Neolophonotus molitor Wiedemann, 1828
Neolophonotus namaqua Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus nodus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus obtectocolis Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus occesilitus Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus occidualis Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus ochrochaetus Hull, 1967
Neolophonotus pachystylus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus pellitus Wiedemann, 1819
Neolophonotus percus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus pilosus Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus pollex Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus pusillus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus quickelbergei Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus raymondi Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus rhopalotus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus robertsoni Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus robustus Ricardo, 1922
Neolophonotus rufus (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Neolophonotus rufulus Oldroyd, 1980
Neolophonotus satanus Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus setiventris Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus sinuvena Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus spiniventris Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus stuckenbergi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus suillus Fabricius, 1805
Neolophonotus theroni Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus tibialis Macquart, 1838
Neolophonotus umbrivena Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus uncinus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus variabilis Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus variegatus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus vincenti Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus virescens Engel, 1927
Neolophonotus wiedemanni Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus xanthodasus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus zigzag Londt, 1988
Notomochtherus brevicauda Londt, 2002
Nusa infumata Loew, 1851
Oligopogon penicillatus Loew, 1858
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Ommatius terminalis Bromley, 1936
Pedomyia dryopolis Londt, 1994
Pedomyia epidema Londt, 1994
Pedomyia melanothrix Londt, 1994
Pedomyia simba Londt, 1994
Pedomyia xanthocera Londt, 1994
Pedomyia zela Londt, 1994
Pegesimallus aulicus Wiedemann, 1828
Pegesimallus brunneus Londt, 1980
Pegesimallus claelius Walker, 1849
Pegesimallus fusticulus Londt, 1980
Pegesimallus niger Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus pedunculatus Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus silaceus Hermann, 1907
Pegesimallus tapulus Walker, 1849
Proagonistes rufibarbis Fabricius, 1805
Promachus aedithus Walker, 1849
Remotomyia brunales Londt, 1983
Rhabdogaster nuda Loew, 1858
Rhabdogaster nyx Londt, 2006
Rhabdogaster theroni Londt, 2006
Rhacholaemus artigasi Londt, 1999
Rhacholaemus grimmi Londt, 1999
Rhacholaemus hradskyi Londt, 1999
Rhacholaemus nelsoni Londt, 1999
Rhacholaemus tsacasi Londt, 1999
Rhacholaemus variabilis Hermann, 1907
Rhipidocephala quadrifaria Hermann, 1926
Scylaticus bunohippus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus chrysotus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus costalis Wiedemann, 1819
Scylaticus entrichus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus hadromedus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus irwini Londt, 1992
Scylaticus marginatus Engel, 1932
Scylaticus pardalotus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus ricardoae Londt, 1992
Scylaticus thecarus Londt, 1992
Scylaticus tigrinus Londt, 1992
Sisyrnodytes apicalis Oldroyd, 1957
Sisyrnodytes brevis Macquart, 1838
Sisyrnodytes curtus Wiedemann, 1819
Sisyrnodytes irwini Oldroyd, 1974
Sisyrnodytes subater Oldroyd, 1957
Stenopogon dilutus Walker, 1851
Stenopogon trivialis Oldroyd, 1974
Stichopogon hermanni Bezzi, 1910
Stichopogon unicolor Ricardo, 1925
Stiphrolamyra annae Londt, 1983
Stiphrolamyra hermanni Londt, 1983
Synolcus acrobaptus Wiedemann, 1828
Synolcus argentius Londt, 1990
Synolcus aurlentus Engel, 1929
Synolcus dubius Macquart, 1846
Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781
Trichardis picta Hermann, 1906
Trichardis testacea Macquart, 1838
Trichoura tankwa Londt, 1994
Zelamyia alyctus Londt, 2005

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
11
117
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
9
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
12
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
12
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
22
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


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Asilidae at artfakta.se
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Asilidae at itis.gov
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