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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
77
810
2202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
61
655
1700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
11
168
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
6
134
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
72
249
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
72 Genera with 249 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Anypodetus Hermann, 19746SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Caenoura Londt, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Congomochtherus Oldroyd, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 19325SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 18586SpeciesTaxom
Danomyia Londt, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Dasophrys Loew, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Daspletis Loew, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 195715SpeciesTaxom
Gerrolasius Hermann, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 200410SpeciesTaxom
Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Heteropogon Loew, 1838Tanglehead2SpeciesTaxom
Hippomachus Engel, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hypenetes Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hyperechia Schiner, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Lagodias Loew, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1858Bee-like robber flies2SpeciesTaxom
Laphyctis Loew, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Laphystia Lapkystiella..., 18522SpeciesTaxom
Laphystotes Oldroyd, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocnemus Loew, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 19107SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Loewinella Hermann, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Melouromyia Londt, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 193811SpeciesTaxom
Nannolaphria Londt, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Neodysmachus Ricardo, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Neolaparus Williston, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 198533SpeciesTaxom
Notiolaphria Londt, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Oratostylum Ricardo, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Oxynoton Janssens, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 198013SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18587SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1908Giant Robber Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Pycnomerinx Hull, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 19362SpeciesTaxom
Remotomyia Londt, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdogaster Loew, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 18588SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19257SpeciesTaxom
Stiphrolamyra Engel, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Storthyngomerus Hermann, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Tsacasiella Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
249 Species
Afroestricus chiastoneurus Speiser, 1910
Afroestricus minutus Bromley, 1936
Afroholopogon chirundu Londt, 2005
Afroholopogon vumba Oldroyd, 1974
Afromochtherus mendax Tsacas, 1969
Afromochtherus peri Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus salthus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus sathus Londt, 2002
Alcimus cuthberstoni Hobby, 1934
Alcimus cuthbertsoni Hobby, 1934
Alcimus setifemoratus Hobby, 1934
Alcimus tristrigatus Loew, 1858
Ancylorhynchus cruciger Loew, 1858
Ancylorhynchus crux Bezzi, 1908
Ancylorhynchus magnificus Bromley, 1936
Andrenosoma boranicum Corti, 1895
Andrenosoma cyrtophora Hermann, 1912
Anypodetus arachnoides Oldroyd, 1974
Anypodetus fasciatus Hermann, 1908
Anypodetus fascipennis Engel, 1924
Anypodetus rigidis Oldroyd, 1974
Anypodetus semirufus Engel, 1924
Anypodetus unicolor Oldroyd, 1974
Astochia armata Becker, 1909
Bactria amastrus
Bactria rhopalocera Karsch, 1888
Caenoura annulitarsis Loew, 1858
Caenoura sinuatus Loew, 1858
Choerades aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Choerades bella Loew, 1858
Congomochtherus elferinki Londt & Tsacas, 1987
Connomyia annae Londt, 1993
Connomyia argyropodos Londt, 1993
Connomyia barkeri Bromley, 1947
Connomyia ellioti Londt, 1993
Connomyia punctata Engel, 1932
Cyrtopogon laxenecera Bromley, 1935
Damalis chelomakolon Londt, 1989
Damalis neavei Londt, 1989
Damalis pollinosa Ricardo, 1925
Damalis pulchella Bromley, 1952
Damalis simplex Curran, 1934
Damalis speciosa Loew, 1858
Danomyia aethiops Londt, 1993
Danomyia exquisita Engel, 1932
Danomyia sathos Londt, 1993
Dasophrys carinatus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys hypselopterus Engel, 1929
Dasophrys nigroflavipes Hobby, 1933
Daspletis hirtus Ricardo, 1925
Daspletis setithoracicus Ricardo, 1925
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Emphysomera pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Emphysomera spinalis Scarbrough &..., 1996
Euscelidia adusta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia artaphernes Speiser, 1910
Euscelidia bechuana Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia bicolor Janssens, 1954
Euscelidia brunnea Loew, 1858
Euscelidia crena Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia dorata Oldroyd, 1970
Euscelidia fistula Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia obtusa Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia procula Walker, 1849
Euscelidia stigmaticalis Loew, 1852
Euscelidia tsavo Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia valida Loew, 1858
Euscelidia venusta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia zumpti Janssens, 1957
Gerrolasius meridionalis Hermann, 1920
Gonioscelis cuthbertsoni Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis genitalis Ricardo, 1925
Gonioscelis macquartii Jaennicke, 1867
Gonioscelis maculiventris Bigot, 1879
Gonioscelis mantis Loew, 1852
Gonioscelis rufescens (Ricardo, 1925)⇒ Gonioscelis ventralis Schiner, 1867
Gonioscelis submaculatus Speiser, 1910
Gonioscelis tomentosus Oldroyd, 1970
Gonioscelis ventralis Schiner, 1867
Gonioscelis whittingtoni Londt, 2004
Hermannomyia engeli Hull, 1962
Heteropogon gracilis Engel & Cuth..., 1937
Heteropogon waltlii Meigen, 1838
Hippomachus engeli Londt, 1983
Holopogon vumba Oldroyd, 1974
Hoplistomerus nobilis Loew, 1858
Hypenetes stigmatias Loew, 1858
Hyperechia bifasciata Grünberg, 1907
Hyperechia consimilis Wood, 1874
Hyperechia marshalli Austen, 1902
Lagodias bivittatus Curran, 1934
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Laphria aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Laphria bella Loew, 1858
Laphyctis gigantella Loew, 1852
Laphystia albicans Engel, 1932
Laphystia gigantella Loew, 1852
Laphystotes albicans Engel, 1932
Lasiocnemus fascipennis Engel & Cuth..., 1939
Lasiocnemus hyalipennis Janssens, 1952
Lasiocnemus lugens Loew, 1858
Laxenecera albicincta Loew, 1852
Laxenecera andrenoides Macquart, 1846
Laxenecera auricomata Hermann, 1919
Laxenecera dasypoda Speiser, 1910
Laxenecera engeli Oldroyd, 1974
Laxenecera nigrociliata Hermann, 1919
Laxenecera scopifera Speiser, 1910
Leptogaster aganniphe Janssens, 1957
Leptogaster pictipennis Loew, 1858
Loewinella nigripes Engel, 1929
Machimus parvus Ricardo, 1919
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Melouromyia natalensis Ricardo, 1919
Microstylum acutirostre Loew, 1852
Microstylum capense Fabricius, 1805
Microstylum gulosum Loew, 1858
Microstylum helenae Bezzi, 1914
Microstylum nigrostriatum Hobby, 1933
Microstylum parcum Karsch, 1888
Microstylum rufinevrum Macquart, 1855
Microstylum spinipes Ricardo, 1925
Microstylum spurinum Walker, 1849
Microstylum unicolor Ricardo, 1925
Microstylum ustulatum Engel & Cuth..., 1938
Nannolaphria nigra Londt, 1977
Neodysmachus setithoracicus Ricardo, 1925
Neolaparus cuneatus Loew, 1858
Neolaparus munroi Bromley, 1936
Neolaparus silaceus Hermann, 1907
Neolophonotus angustibarbus Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus antidasophrys Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus arno Curran, 1934
Neolophonotus bromleyi Londt, 1987
Neolophonotus cuthberstoni Curran, 1934
Neolophonotus cuthbertsoni Curran, 1934
Neolophonotus cymbius Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus ellenbergeri Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus engeli Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus fimbriatus Hull, 1967
Neolophonotus gemsbock Bromley, 1936
Neolophonotus genitalis Ricardo, 1925
Neolophonotus gertrudae Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus mafingaensisy Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus marshalli Hobby, 1934
Neolophonotus montanus Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus nigripes Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus parvus Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus pellitus Wiedemann, 1819
Neolophonotus pinheyi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus porcellus Speiser, 1910
Neolophonotus rapax Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus rhodesiensis Hobby, 1933
Neolophonotus rhodesii Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus robustus Ricardo, 1922
Neolophonotus stannus Ricardo, 1925
Neolophonotus stevensoni Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus suillus Fabricius, 1805
Neolophonotus tanymedus Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus vansoni Bromley, 1936
Neolophonotus vermiculatus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus wroughtoni Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus zimbabwe Londt, 1985
Notiolaphria africana Londt, 1977
Nusa infumata Loew, 1851
Oligopogon nigripennis Engel & Cuth..., 1937
Oligopogon penicillatus Loew, 1858
Oligopogon pollinosus Engel, 1932
Ommatius flavipennis Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius perscientus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius planatus Scarbrough &..., 2000
Ommatius pulchellus Bromley, 1936
Oratostylum lepidum Ricardo, 1925
Oxynoton arnaudi Oldroyd, 1974
Pegesimallus albidipennis Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus aulicus Wiedemann, 1828
Pegesimallus bivittatus Curran, 1934
Pegesimallus fulvipennis Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus inermis Hermann, 1908
Pegesimallus laticornis Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus munroi Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus ornatus Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus pedunculatus Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus pulchriventris Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus rufus Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus silaceus Hermann, 1907
Pegesimallus vansoni Londt, 1980
Philodicus chinensis Schiner, 1868
Philodicus cinerascens Ricardo, 1900
Philodicus doris Curran, 1927
Philodicus dubius Ricardo, 1921
Philodicus fraterculus Walker, 1855
Philodicus swynnertoni Hobby, 1933
Philodicus tenuipes Loew, 1858
Proagonistes athletes Speiser, 1907
Proagonistes austeni Bromley, 1930
Proagonistes igniferus Engel & Cuth..., 1937
Proagonistes praeceps Walker, 1855
Promachus adamsii Ricardo, 1920
Promachus aequalis Loew, 1858
Promachus amastrus Walker, 1849
Promachus apicalis Macquart, 1838
Promachus cinereus Ricardo, 1925
Promachus hirsutus Ricardo, 1925
Promachus negligens Adams, 1905
Promachus neligens Adams, 1905
Promachus rex Karsch, 1888
Promachus snowi Hobby, 1940
Promachus xanthotrichus Bezzi, 1908
Pycnomerinx cogani Oldroyd, 1974
Pycnomerinx rhodesii Ricardo, 1925
Pygommatius alatipes Scarbrough &..., 2003
Pygommatius neglectus Bromley, 1936
Remotomyia longipalpus Londt, 1983
Rhabdogaster cuthbertsoni Londt, 2006
Rhabdogaster gracilis Engel & Cuth..., 1937
Rhabdogaster maculipennis Engel, 1929
Rhipidocephala fulva Oldroyd, 1966
Rhipidocephala mirabilis Hull, 1958
Rhipidocephala obscurata Oldroyd, 1966
Rhipidocephala zumpti Oldroyd, 1966
Saropogon maculipennis Brunetti, 1928
Scylaticus albofasciatus Engel, 1932
Scylaticus barkeri Bromley, 1947
Scylaticus costalis Wiedemann, 1819
Scylaticus cuthbertsoni Londt, 1992
Scylaticus exquisitus Engel, 1932
Scylaticus punctatus Engel, 1932
Scylaticus quadrifasciatus Engel & Cuth..., 1934
Scylaticus zonatus Loew, 1858
Sisyrnodytes aterrimus Engel, 1929
Sisyrnodytes major Adams, 1905
Sisyrnodytes niveipilosus Ricardo, 1925
Sisyrnodytes subater Oldroyd, 1957
Stichopogon caffer Hermann, 1907
Stichopogon hermanni Bezzi, 1910
Stichopogon maculipennis (Engel & Cuth..., 1939)⇒ Saropogon maculipennis Brunetti, 1928
Stichopogon moremiensis Londt, 1979
Stichopogon punctum Loew, 1851
Stichopogon punctus Loew, 1851
Stichopogon unicolor Ricardo, 1925
Stiphrolamyra angularis Loew, 1858
Storthyngomerus tridentatus Fabricius, 1805
Trichardis apicalis Oldroyd, 1974
Trichardis cribrata Loew, 1858
Trichardis terminalis Oldroyd, 1974
Trichardis testacea Macquart, 1838
Tsacasiella inornata Londt, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
6
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
13
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
15
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
19
41
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
13
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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