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Checklist for Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
445
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
371
813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
84
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
66
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ethiopia
5 Families width 138 Species and 1 Subspecies
Asilidae Latreille, 1802Assassin flies56SpeciesTaxom
Therevidae Newman, 1834Stiletto flies6SpeciesTaxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802Bee Flies71SpeciesTaxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903Mydas flies2SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835Window Flies3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ethiopia
66 Genera with 138 Species
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Afroestricus Scarbrough, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Ammothereva Lyneborg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1910Charcoal Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Antonia Pohl, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Apolysis Loew, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Beckerellus Greathead, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Bombomyia Greathead, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1924Greater Bee Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Callostoma Macquart, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Cononedys Hermann, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 01SpeciesTaxom
Desmatoneura Williston, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Dinozabrus Hull, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 19249SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19061SpeciesTaxom
Hemipenthes Loew, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Irwiniella Lyneborg, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Isocnemus Bezzi, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Laminanthrax Greathead, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 19195SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Lomatia Meigen, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Parisus Walker, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Perissocerus Gerstaecker, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1940Giant Robber Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothereva Lyneborg, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Scenopinus Latreille, 19733SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Syllegomydas Becker, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19474SpeciesTaxom
Systropalpus Hull, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Thereva Latreille, 1913Stiletto flies2SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18214SpeciesTaxom
Xerachistus Greathead, 19241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
138 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroestricus abyssinia Scarbrough, 2005
Afroestricus chiastoneurus Speiser, 1910
Afroestricus macroscelis Bezzi, 1906
Afroholopogon dasys Londt, 2005
Alcimus taeniopus Rondani, 1873
Ammothereva laticornis Loew, 1856
Anastoechus ravus Greathead, 1970
Anastoechus spinifacies Bezzi, 1924
Andrenosoma boranicum Corti, 1895
Anthrax hemimelas Speiser, 1910
Antonia aurata Bowden, 1959
Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856
Apolysis maskali Greathead, 1966
Beckerellus obtusus Bezzi, 1924
Beckerellus terminatus Becker, 1909
Bombomyia discoidea Fabricius, 1794
Bombylella auricoma Bezzi, 1924
Bombylella delicata Wiedemann, 1830
Bombylella ornata Wiedemann, 1828
Bombylisoma senegalense Macquart, 1840
Bombylius (Bombylius) modestus Loew, 1873
Bombylius basifumatus Speiser, 1914
Bombylius femoralis Bezzi, 1924
Bombylius horni Paramonov, 1931
Bombylius modestoides Bowden, 1975
Bombylius neithokris Jaennicke, 1867
Bombylius phaeopterus Bezzi, 1924
Callostoma distincta Greathead, 1972
Connomyia tellinii Bezzi, 1906
Cononedys bilobata Bezzi, 1924
Cophura brevicornis melanochaeta
Desmatoneura frontalis Wiedemann, 1828
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Euscelidia artaphernes Speiser, 1910
Euscelidia bishariensis Efflatoun, 1937
Euscelidia dorata Oldroyd, 1970
Euscelidia erichthenii Dikow, 2003
Exhyalanthrax abruptus Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax flammiger Walker, 1849
Exoprosopa allothyris Bezzi, 1920
Exoprosopa atrinasis Speiser, 1910
Exoprosopa biguttata Macquart, 1834
Exoprosopa busiris Jaennicke, 1867
Exoprosopa luteicosta Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa punctulata Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa senegalensis Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa temnocera Bezzi, 1924
Geron albifacies Bezzi, 1924
Gonarthrus cylindricus Bezzi, 1906
Gonarthrus leucomelas Bowden, 1975
Gonarthrus longipennis Greathead, 1967
Gonioscelis macquartii Jaennicke, 1867
Gonioscelis whittingtoni Londt, 2004
Heligmonevra nuda Bezzi, 1906
Hemipenthes ethiops Greathead, 1967
Heteralonia axumitae Greathead, 1967
Heteralonia serpentata Loew, 1854
Hoplistomerus serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hoplistomerus zelimina Speiser, 1910
Irwiniella nuba Wiedemann, 1828
Irwiniella palaestinensis Krober, 1932
Isocnemus nemestrinus Bezzi, 1924
Laminanthrax chionophorus Bezzi, 1925
Lamyra greatheadi Oldroyd, 1974
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
Laxenecera albicincta Loew, 1852
Laxenecera moialeana Seguy, 1939
Laxenecera nigrociliata Hermann, 1919
Laxenecera scopifera Speiser, 1910
Laxenecera serpentina Hermann, 1919
Leptogaster pedunculata Loew, 1847
Ligyra alula Bezzi, 1906
Ligyra sisyphus Fabricius, 1805
Litorhina corticeus Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina erythraeus Bezzi, 1906
Litorhina producta Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina suspensus Bezzi, 1924
Lomatia inornata Loew, 1854
Machimus comans Oldroyd, 1940
Machimus griseus Hine, 1906Bluestem pricklypoppy
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neolophonotus bezzi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus bezzii Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus holoxanthus Engel, 1927
Neolophonotus leucotaenia Bezzi, 1906
Neolophonotus nanus Bezzi, 1906
Neomochtherus nudus Bezzi, 1906
Nusa eos Londt, 2006
Ommatius pernecessarius Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius tenellus Wulp, 1889
Parisus luteipennis Bezzi, 1924
Parisus pangoniiformis Greathead, 1995
Perissocerus abyssinicus Gerstaecker, 1868
Petrorossia fulvipes Loew, 1860
Petrorossia fuscicosta Bezzi, 1924
Petrorossia letho Wiedemann, 1828
Petrorossia tenuis Walker, 1871
Petrorossia tropicalis Bezzi, 1921
Promachus argyropus Bezzi, 1906
Promachus binucleatus Bezzi, 1908
Promachus bottegoi Corti, 1895
Promachus rectangularis Loew, 1854
Promachus ruepelli Loew, 1854
Promachus scotti Oldroyd, 1940
Pseudothereva unifasciata Krober, 1913
Pygommatius dasypogon Oldroyd, 1939
Rhipidocephala morio Hermann, 1926
Rhipidocephala thoracica Engel, 1946
Saropogon greatheadi Londt, 1997
Saropogon melampygus Loew, 1851
Saropogon pulverulentus Wulp, 1899
Scenopinus nitidifrons Kröber, 1913
Scenopinus tarsalis Krober, 1913
Scenopinus telleri Kelsey, 1973
Scylaticus argyropus Engel, 1932
Sisyrnodytes major Adams, 1905
Spogostylum dagomba Bowden, 1964
Spogostylum ventrale Bezzi, 1924
Stichopogon inconstana Wiedemann, 1828
Stichopogon inconstans Wiedemann, 1828
Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) vittatus Wiedemann, 1828
Systoechus audax Greathead, 1967
Systoechus exilipes Bezzi, 1923
Systoechus montuosus Greathead, 1967
Systoechus somali Oldroyd, 1947
Systropalpus aurivulpes Hull, 1962
Thereva chillaloensis Lyneborg, 1976
Thereva tuberculifrons Krober, 1913
Thyridanthrax idolus Hesse, 1956
Thyridanthrax incipiens Bezzi, 1924
Thyridanthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869
Villa atrisquama Bezzi, 1924
Villa galla Greathead, 1967
Villa paniscoides Bezzi, 1912
Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821
Xerachistus acutus Bezzi, 1924

Subnodes of Asiloidea with occurrences in Ethiopia
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
29
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
30
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMydidae
Bezzi, 1903
Mydas flies, mydas fly
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScenopinidae
Burmeister, 1835
Window Flies, window fly
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTherevidae
Newman, 1834
Stiletto flies, Stiletto Fly, Stiletto-Flies, Stilletto Flies, Therevids
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Asiloidea at artfakta.se
Asiloidea at dyntaxa.se
Asiloidea at marinespecies.org