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Asilidae
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 Insect mouthparts#Hypopharynx, hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their expert predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the Order (biology), order fly, Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is robber flies, a name first suggested in 1869 by Alpheus Spring Packard, Alpheus Packard based on the German "Raubfliegen" (predatory flies). The Asilidae are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Pierre André Latreille, Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asilidae 5 By Kadavoor
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 expert predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is robber flies, a name first suggested in 1869 by Alpheus Packard based on the German "Raubfliegen" (predatory flies). The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they form one of the most characteristic groups of the lower Brachycera. Robber flies have stout, spiny legs and three simple eyes (oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laphriinae
Laphriinae is a subfamily of robber fly, robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 110 genera and 1,000 described species in Laphriinae. Many are mimics of syntopic bees. Some prey on bees as adults. Larvae of the genus ''Hyperechia'' are known to grow inside the cells of ''Carpenter bee, Xylocopa'' bees, feeding on their larvae. Laphriinae genera Genera in the subfamily include: *''Acrochordomerus'' Hermann, 1920 *''Adelodus'' Hermann, 1912 *''Afromelittodes'' Harold Oldroyd, Oldroyd and Bruggen, 1963 *''Afromosia'' Londt, 2015 *''Amathomyia'' Hermann, 1912 *''Andrenosoma'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1856 *''Anoplothyrea'' Johannes C. H. de Meijere, Meijere, 1914 *''Anypodetus'' Hermann, 1908 *''Aphestia'' Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, Schiner, 1866 *''Aphistina'' Harold Oldroyd, Oldroyd, 1972 *''Aphractia'' Artigas and Papavero and Serra, 1991 *''Apoxyria'' Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, Schiner, 1866 *''Atomosia'' Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, Macquart, 1838 *''Atoniomyia'' He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
