This article lists the described fly species of the family Asilidae. [1] There are about 7100 described species worldwide in this family.
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This article lists the described fly species of the family Asilidae. [1] There are about 7100 described species worldwide in this family.
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The Asiloidea comprise a very large superfamily insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide, with many species living in dry, sandy habitat types. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects. Members of the other families are mainly flower visitors as adults and predators as larvae.
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
The Therevidae are a family of flies of the superfamily Asiloidea commonly known as stiletto flies. The family contains about 1,600 described species worldwide, most diverse in arid and semiarid regions with sandy soils. The larvae are predators of insect larvae in soil.
Lopesi may refer to:
Saropogon is a genus of robber flies. There are at least 120 described species in Saropogon.
Microstylum is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 130 described species in Microstylum.
Asilus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 150 described species in Asilus.
Leptogaster is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 260 described species in Leptogaster.
