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Phylogeny

List of Asilidae Species available for DNA-sequence Analyses

by Torsten Dikow


The following list provides an overview of species of Asilidae that are currently available for DNA-sequence analyses, i.e. were collected in 96 % ethanol or similar preservatives. This list is primarily based on the collections that Torsten Dikow and Fritz Geller-Grimm have access to and does not list all species available worldwide. (For reference of which genes and species have already been analysed check the GenBank database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/index.html).

A number of people contributed to the collecting or organisation of the specimens in our list and we are very grateful for their assistance.

These are:

  • Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) for Afrotropical taxa from South Africa (Jason is also building up a collection of ethanol-preserved specimens at the Natal Museum that will be accessible through loan of material in the future)
  • Martin Hauser (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA) for Nearctic, Neotropical, and Australasian taxa
  • Werner Barkemeyer (Museum Flensburg, Germany) for Afrotropical Leptogastrinae
  • Will Reeves (Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA) for Nearctic taxa from the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) taking place in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee, USA.
  • Jorge Artigas (Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile) for Chilean taxa.
If you have specimens that could potentially be important for future work please do not hesitate to contact us and let us know. We are happy to curate all collections, house and label them appropriately, and make them available to the robber-fly community.

A list of target taxa that we are planning to incorporate in the future can be found here.

List by subfamily + genus + species [in preparation]

  1. Apocleinae: Alcimus sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  2. Apocleinae: Dasophrys crenulatus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  3. Apocleinae: Megalometopon occidentale - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  4. Apocleinae: Megaphorus pulchra - Nearctic: USA
  5. Apocleinae: Myaptex brachyptera - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  6. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus ? acuminatus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  7. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus albofasciatus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  8. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus bimaculatus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  9. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus hessei - Afrotropical: South Africa
  10. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus kalahari - Afrotropical: South Africa
  11. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus louisi - Afrotropical: South Africa
  12. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus occesilitus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  13. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus occidualis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  14. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus pellitus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  15. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  16. Apocleinae: Neolophonotus wroughtoni - Afrotropical: South Africa
  17. Apocleinae: Nomomyia murina - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  18. Apocleinae: Philodicus tenuipes - Afrotropical: South Africa
  19. Apocleinae: Pogonioefferia monki - Nearctic: USA
  20. Apocleinae: Pogonioefferia pogonia - Nearctic: USA
  21. Apocleinae: Proctacanthella cacopiloga - Nearctic: USA
  22. Apocleinae: Proctacanthus philadelphicus - Nearctic: USA
  23. Apocleinae: Promachus albifacies - Nearctic: USA
  24. Apocleinae: Promachus amastrus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  25. Apocleinae: Promachus sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  26. Apocleinae: Synolcus acrobaptus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  27. Apocleinae: Synolcus dubius - Afrotropical: South Africa
  28. Apocleinae: Tuberculefferia producta - Nearctic: USA
  29. Apocleinae: Tuberculefferia sp. - Nearctic: USA
  30. Asilinae: Astochia armata - Afrotropical: South Africa
  31. Asilinae: Caenura annulitarsus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  32. Asilinae: Dysmachus trigonus - Palaearctic: Germany
  33. Asilinae: Heligmonevra sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  34. Asilinae: Lochyrus crassus - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  35. Asilinae: Melouromyia natalensis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  36. Asilinae: Menexenus concepcionensis - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  37. Asilinae: Neoitamus cyanurus - Palaearctic: Germany
  38. Asilinae: Neoitamus sp. - Nearctic: USA
  39. Asilinae: Pamponerus germanicus - Palaearctic: Germany
  40. Asilinae: Philonicus albiceps - Palaearctic: Germany
  41. Asilinae: Stizolestes sp. - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  42. Asilinae: Tolmerus atricapillus - Palaearctic: Germany
  43. Dasypogoninae: Araucopogon cyanogaster - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  44. Dasypogoninae: Dasypogon diadema - Palaearctic: Germany
  45. Dasypogoninae: Dasypogon sp. ? - Palaearctic: Spain
  46. Dasypogoninae: Leptarthrus brevirostris - Palaearctic: Germany
  47. Dasypogoninae: Lestomyia fraudiger - Nearctic: USA
  48. Dasypogoninae: Pegesimallus aulicus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  49. Dasypogoninae: Pegesimallus calvifrons - Afrotropical: South Africa
  50. Dasypogoninae: Pegesimallus inermis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  51. Dasypogoninae: Pegesimallus laticornis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  52. Dasypogoninae: Saropogon fraternus - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  53. Dasypogoninae: Saropogon luteus - Nearctic: USA
  54. Dioctriinae: Dioctria atricapilla - Palaearctic: Germany
  55. Dioctriinae: Dioctria rufipes - Palaearctic: Germany
  56. Dioctriinae: Eudioctria albius - Nearctic: USA
  57. Laphriinae: Anypodetus arachnoides - Afrotropical: South Africa
  58. Laphriinae: Anypodetus fasciatus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  59. Laphriinae: Atoniomyia sp. - Neotropical: Brazil
  60. Laphriinae: Cerotainia albipilosa - Nearctic: USA
  61. Laphriinae: Cerotainia melanosoma - Neotropical: Dominica
  62. Laphriinae: Cerotainia sp. - Neotropical: Belize
  63. Laphriinae: Choerades bella - Afrotropical: South Africa
  64. Laphriinae: Lamprozona auricincta - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  65. Laphriinae: Laphria aktis - Nearctic: USA
  66. Laphriinae: Laphria flava - Palaearctic: Germany
  67. Laphriinae: Laphria index - Nearctic: USA
  68. Laphriinae: Laphria sp. - Palaearctic: Italy
  69. Laphriinae: Laphria winnemana - Nearctic: USA
  70. Laphriinae: Laphystotes ariel - Afrotropical: South Africa
  71. Laphriinae: Laxenecera albicincta - Afrotropical: South Africa
  72. Laphriinae: Laxenecera engeli - Afrotropical: South Africa
  73. Laphriinae: Nannolaphria niger - Afrotropical: South Africa
  74. Laphriinae: Pilica sp. - Neotropical: Costa Rica
  75. Laphriinae: Stiphrolamyra angularis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  76. Laphriinae: Stiphrolamyra schoemani - Afrotropical: South Africa
  77. Laphriinae: Xeroxericero rufiventris - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  78. Laphystiinae: Hoplistomerus nobilis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  79. Laphystiinae: Martinia moloch - Neotropical: Bolivia
  80. Laphystiinae: Perasis transvaalensis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  81. Laphystiinae: Trichardis testacea - Afrotropical: South Africa
  82. Leptogastrinae: Apachekolos tenuipes - Nearctic: USA
  83. Leptogastrinae: Beameromyia bifida - Nearctic: USA
  84. Leptogastrinae: Beameromyia sp. - Neotropical: Belize
  85. Leptogastrinae: Euscelidia brunnea - Afrotropical: South Africa
  86. Leptogastrinae: Euscelidia notialis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  87. Leptogastrinae: Euscelidia pulchra - Afrotropical: South Africa
  88. Leptogastrinae: Lasiocnemus lugens - Afrotropical: South Africa
  89. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster arborcola - Nearctic: USA
  90. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster aridus - Nearctic: USA
  91. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster carotenoides - Afrotropical: South Africa
  92. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster cylindrica - Palaearctic: Germany
  93. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster patula - Nearctic: USA
  94. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  95. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster sp. - Neotropical: Costa Rica
  96. Leptogastrinae: Leptogaster sp. - Palaearctic: Italy
  97. Leptogastrinae: Tipulogaster glabrata - Nearctic: USA
  98. Leptogastrinae: Tipulogaster sp. - Neotropical: Belize
  99. Ommatiinae: Ommatius flavipes - Afrotropical: South Africa
  100. Ommatiinae: Ommatius senex - Afrotropical: South Africa
  101. Ommatiinae: Ommatius terminalis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  102. Stenopogoninae: Acnephalum ? andrenoides - Afrotropical: South Africa
  103. Stenopogoninae: Acnephalum cylindricum - Afrotropical: South Africa
  104. Stenopogoninae: Afroholopogon sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  105. Stenopogoninae: Callinicus pictitarsis - Nearctic: USA
  106. Stenopogoninae: Coleomyia crumborum - Nearctic: USA
  107. Stenopogoninae: Connomyia leonina - Afrotropical: South Africa
  108. Stenopogoninae: Connomyia varipennis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  109. Stenopogoninae: Creolestes nigribarbis - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  110. Stenopogoninae: Cyrtopogon aurifex - Nearctic: USA
  111. Stenopogoninae: Cyrtopogon vandykei - Nearctic: USA
  112. Stenopogoninae: Dasycyrton gibbosus - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  113. Stenopogoninae: Gonioscelis bulbus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  114. Stenopogoninae: Gonioscelis sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  115. Stenopogoninae: Gonioscelis ventralis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  116. Stenopogoninae: Holopgon priscus - Palaearctic: Poland
  117. Stenopogoninae: Holopogon albipilosus - Nearctic: USA
  118. Stenopogoninae: Lonquimayus sp. - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  119. Stenopogoninae: Lycostommyia albifacies - Afrotropical: South Africa
  120. Stenopogoninae: Microstylum sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  121. Stenopogoninae: Pritchardia curicoensis - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  122. Stenopogoninae: Pritchardia hirtipes - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  123. Stenopogoninae: Remotomyia near longipalpus - Afrotropical: South Africa
  124. Stenopogoninae: Rhabdogaster sp. near nitidus Hull, 1967 - Afrotropical: South Africa
  125. Stenopogoninae: Rhacholaemus sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  126. Stenopogoninae: Scylaticus costalis - Afrotropical: South Africa
  127. Stenopogoninae: Scylaticus sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  128. Stenopogoninae: Tillobroma punctipennis - Neotropical: Chilean: Chile
  129. Stenopogoninae: Trichoura sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa
  130. Stichopogoninae: Lasiopogon cinctus - Palaearctic: Germany
  131. Stichopogoninae: Stichopogon hermanni - Afrotropical: South Africa
  132. Stichopogoninae: Stichopogon punctum - Afrotropical: South Africa
  133. Stichopogoninae: Stichopogon salinus - Nearctic: USA
  134. Trigonomininae: Damalis conspicua - Afrotropical: South Africa
  135. Trigonomininae: Holcocephala abdominalis - Nearctic: USA
  136. Trigonomininae: Holcocephala calva - Nearctic: USA
  137. Trigonomininae: Rhipidocephala sp. - Afrotropical: South Africa

 

 


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