Asilinae
Asilus *
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
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Asilus Linnaeus, 1758
[Asilinae]
Neotropical
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Nearctic
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Palaearctic
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Afrotropical
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Oriental
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Australian & Oceania
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Description:
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Linnaeus, C. (1758): Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Ed.10, Vol.1. - Stockholm: 824 pp. [401].
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Type species:
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Asilus crabroniformis Linnaeus, 1758: 605
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Literature:
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Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus [key]. Banks, N. (1914): Notes on Asilidae with two new species. - Psyche. A Journal of Entomology. Cambridge Entomological Club 21: 131-133; Cambridge [key]. Hine, J.S. (1922): Some robberflies in the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, and the description of a new specie. - Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan 121: 7 pp.; Ann Arbor [key]. James, M.T. (1941): The robber flies of colorado (Diptera, Asilidae). - Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 14(1): 27-53; Manhattan - Lawrence [key]. Schaefer, K.F. (1968): The Asilinae (Diptera, Asilidae) of Oklahoma. - Proceedings of the Oklahoma Acadademy of Science 47: 114-124; Norman [key]. Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the western United States, mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107; San Francisco [key].
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Nearctic species (cf. notes):
- Asilus sericeus Say, 1823
Asilus sericeus Say, 1823
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