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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Asilus

Genus Asilus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Works Cited
Asilus sericeus - male Asilus sp? mating - Asilus sericeus Robber Fly - Asilus sericeus - female Robber fly with skipper - Asilus sericeus - female Robber Fly ? - Asilus sericeus - female Killer of Spring Azure - Asilus sericeus Asilus sericeus ? - Asilus sericeus - male Asilus sericeus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Asilinae
Genus Asilus
Explanation of Names
Asilus Linnaeus 1758
an obscure ancient Latin name for some kind of fly, probably a horsefly(1)
Numbers
A single species in our area(2); this used to be a large genus that has recently been disbanded
Range
in our area, e. NA(3)
Season
Summer, esp. June (NC, GA)
Works Cited
1.The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language
2.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
3.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 December, 2004 - 11:41am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2013 - 8:20pm

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