Willistonininae

Willistonininae
Ablautus, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Willistonininae
Tribes
Sisyrnodytini Willistoninini

Willistonininae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 50 described species in Willistonininae, found in Africa, North America, and the Palearctic. ^{[1] [2]}

Sisyrnodytes, South Africa

Acnephalomyia, South Africa

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Willistonininae: ^{[1] [2]}

• Ablautus Loew, 1866 (western North America)
• Acnephalomyia Londt, 2010 (Afrotropical realm|Afrotropical)
• Ammodaimon Londt, 1985 (Afrotropical)
• Astiptomyia Londt, 2010 (Afrotropical)
• Sisyrnodytes Loew, 1856 (Palearctic)
• Sporadothrix Hermann, 1908 (Afrotropical)
• Trichoura Londt, 1994 (Afrotropical)
• Willistonina Back, 1909 (western North America)

References

1. Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. Londt, Jason G. H.; Dikow, Torsten (2016). "A review of the genus Trichoura Londt, 1994 with the description of a new species from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and a key to world Willistonininae (Diptera, Asilidae)". African Invertebrates. 57 (2): 119–135. Bibcode:2016AfrIn..57..119L. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.10772 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Willistonininae at iNaturalist
• Media related to Willistonininae at Wikimedia Commons