key

 Subfamilies
 -   Leptogastrinae
 -   Asilinae
 -   Laphriinae
 -   Dasypogoninae
 -   Stichopogoninae
 -   Stenopogoninae

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Identification key to the subfamilies

1 a.

Alula of wing lacking, anal cell reduced [Fig. 1, left arrow]; pulvilli of legs reduced [Fig. 2]; abdominal tergite 2 more than 3 times as long as wide [Fig. 3]; additional characters (also present in some other subfamilies): palpi one-segmented; postpedicel (3rd antennal segment) with a long and narrow arista; marginal cell r1 open; bristles of anepisternum (mesopleuron) lacking . . . . . . . . . . . . Leptogastrinae

1 b.	Alula of wing present (*1), anal cell present [Fig. 4, left arrow]; pulvilli present [Fig. 5]; abdominal tergite 2 at most 2 times as long as wide [Fig. 6] . . . . . . . . . . . . to 2   *1) some species of Dioctria have a reduced alula

2 a.	Marginal cell r1 open, outer margin of cell fused apically with wing margin [Fig. 7 - red marking] . . . . . . . . . . . . to 3

2 b.	Marginal cell r1 closed (and stalked), outer margin of cell separated from wing margin [Fig. 8] . . . . . . . . . . . . to 5

3 a.	Fore tibia with a large spur at tip (Dasypogon, Molobratia [Fig. 9]) - or with a small, bristle-like and sigmoid spur, which is difficult to see (Leptarthrus) [Fig. 10] . . . . . . . . . . . . Dasypogoninae

3 b.	Fore tibia without such spurs, but with the usual bristles at tip [Fig. 11] . . . . . . . . . . . . to 4

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