| Wyliea | |
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| Wyliea mydas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Asilinae |
| Genus: | Wyliea Martin, 1975 |
Wyliea is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. [1]
| Wyliea | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Wyliea mydas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Asilinae |
| Genus: | Wyliea Martin, 1975 |
Wyliea is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. [1]
The following species are recognised in the genus Wyliea: [2]
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.
Diogmites is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies.
Cerotainiops is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about six described species in Cerotainiops.
Diogmites missouriensis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Eudioctria is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Eudioctria.
Cyrtopogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 120 described species in Cyrtopogon.
Nannocyrtopogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 20 described species in Nannocyrtopogon.
Neomochtherus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 140 described species in Neomochtherus.
Stenopogon is a genus of robber flies, insects in the family Asilidae. There are at least 200 described species in Stenopogon.
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.
Hodophylax is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least four described species in the genus Hodophylax.
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.
Promachella is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There is at least one described species in Promachella, P. pilosa.
Sintoria is a genus of robber flies. There are about six described species in Sintoria.
Dasylechia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There is one described species in Dasylechia, D. atrox.
Echthodopa is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least four described species in Echthodopa.
Tipulogaster is a genus of robber flies. There are at least two described species in Tipulogaster.
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