BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)
ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)
Asilidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Species Asilus crabroniformis Linnaeus (Hornet Robberfly)     3  
Genus Dioctria (a genus of robber flies) 4 16 18  
Species Dysmachus trigonus (Meigen, 1804) (Fan-bristled Robberfly)   4    
Species Leptarthrus brevirostris (Meigen, 1804) (Slender-footed Robberfly)     9  
Species Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer, 1776) (Striped Slender Robberfly)     7  
Genus Machimus (a genus of robber flies) 2 24 35 1
Species Neoitamus cyanurus (Loew, 1849) (Common Awl Robberfly)     5  
Species Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820) (Dune Robberfly)   8 7  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea
Séguy, E., 1927 Diptéres (Brachycères) ( Asilidae)

ASILIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

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