ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Species 3 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 8 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 4 subtaxa 65 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 20 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 24 images
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Species 19 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 91 images 4 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Species 15 images
Female (Click to open)
Species 15 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Oldroyd, H. 1969 *** Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Séguy, E. 1927 *** Diptéres (Brachycères) (Asilidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 17, 190pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() van den Broek, R. & Schulten, A. 2013 Roofvliegen van Nederland en België inclusief Denemarken en de Britse Eilanden (Diptera - Asilidae) 97pp

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
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