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Checklist for Subfamily Asilinae Leach, 1819
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
 
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
9 Genera with 14 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Congomochtherus Oldroyd, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Notomochtherus Londt, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1849Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
14 Species
Afromochtherus kolodrins
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus melanurus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus mendax Tsacas, 1969
Afromochtherus peri Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus zoropegus Londt, 2002
Asilus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Machimus hirtipes Ricardo, 1919
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Notomochtherus brevicauda Londt, 2002
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Ommatius terminalis Bromley, 1936
Promachus aedithus Walker, 1849

Subnodes of Asilinae with occurrences in Western Cape
TribeAsilini
Schinz, 1823
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNeomochtherini
Lehr, 1996
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOmmatiini
Hardy, 1927
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Asilinae at artfakta.se
Asilinae at dyntaxa.se
Asilinae at gbif.org
Asilinae at itis.gov