Subfamily Asilinae

Classification · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Promachus rufipes - female - Promachus hinei - female

Robber Relaxing on a Wire - Machimus - male

Bee Killer - Mallophora fautrix - Mallophora fautrix

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

Identification

Vein R2+3 ends in R1, antennae with long arista, male genitalia or ovipositor usually conspicious and beyond wingtip.

Print References

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). Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 119: 1-107 (Full Text) (1)

Works Cited

1.	The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the western United States, ... C. H. Martin. 1975. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 119: 1-107 .

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 December, 2005 - 12:51pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, Edward Ruden
Last updated 7 October, 2022 - 2:40pm

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