Checklist of Superfamily Asiloidea Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 396
3475
6536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 395
3474
6534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 380
3412
6411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 242
2730
5276 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 66
405
901 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies | 47
296
530 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
| 7
28
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids | 4
21
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
4 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
21 Genera with 20 Species
| Anthrax Scopoli, 1857 | Charcoal Bee Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphestia Schiner, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apoclea Macquart, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atomosia Macquart, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atoniomyia Hermann, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blepharepium Rondani, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Daulopogon Loew, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogmites Loew, 1866 | Hanging Thief Robber Flies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Efferia Coquillet, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumecosoma Schiner, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Exoprosopa Macquart, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1982 | Gnat Ogres | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiopogon Loew, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidophora Westwood, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mallophora Macquart, 1805 | Bee Killers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Martintella Artigas, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaphorus Bigot, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ommatius Wiedemann, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Penniverpa Irwin & Lyne..., 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protomydas Wilcox, Papa..., 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walkeromyia Paramonov, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
20 Species | Anthrax lurida Walker, 1857 | | | Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856 | | | Atomosia nuda Hermann, 1912 | | | Blepharepium annulatum Bigot, 1857 | | | Diogmites discolor Loew, 1866 | Scarlet globemallow | | Eumecosoma ayala Kaletta, 1974 | | | Exoprosopa selenops Greathead, 2001 | | | Holcocephala vallestris Ayala, 1982 | | | Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939 | | | Mallophora argentipes Macquart, 1838 | | | Mallophora atra Macquart, 1834 | Black Bee Killer | | Mallophora leschenaultii Macquart, 1838 | | | Mallophora media Clements, 1969 | | | Mallophora minos Wiedemann, 1824 | | | Mallophora nigritarsis Fabricius, 1805 | | | Martintella elliptica Scarbrough, 2010 | | | Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893 | | | Ommatius orenoquensis Bigot, 1876 | | | Penniverpa dives Schiner, 1868 | | | Walkeromyia lurida Walker, 1857 | |
Subnodes of Asiloidea with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago | Family | Asilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies | 15
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mydidae
Bezzi, 1903
Mydas flies, mydas fly | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Therevidae
Newman, 1834
Stiletto flies, Stiletto Fly, Stiletto-Flies, Stilletto Flies, Therevids | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
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