Dasypogoninae
Subfamily of flies
Taracticus octopunctatus .
Diogmites neoternatus , a species of hanging thief fly.
Cyrtopogon lateralis with prey.
Taracticus octopunctatus on common milkweed.
Dasypogoninae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae . There are more than 60 genera and 520 described species in Dasypogoninae.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Genera
These 62 genera belong to the subfamily Dasypogoninae:
Aczelia Carrera, 1955
Allopogon Schiner , 1866[ 4]
Alvarenga Carrera, 1960
Amorimius Papavero, 2009
Annamyia Pritchard, 1941
Aphamartania Schiner , 1866
Apolastauroides Artigas and Papavero, 1988
Apothechyla Hull , 1962
Araripogon Grimaldi , 1990
Araucopogon Artigas and Papavero, 1988
Archilaphria Enderlein , 1914
Archilestris Loew , 1874 [ 5]
Aspidopyga Carrera, 1949
Aterpogon Hardy , 1930
Austenmyia Carrera, 1955
Bamwardaria Hradsky, 1983
Blepharepium Rondani , 1848
Brevirostrum Londt, 1980
Caroncoma Londt, 1980
Chryseutria Hardy , 1928
Chylophaga Hull , 1962
Cleptomyia Carrera, 1949
Comantella Curran , 1923[ 6]
Cyrtophrys Loew , 1851
Dakinomyia Hardy , 1934
Daptolestes Hull , 1962
Dasypogon Meigen , 1803
Deromyia Philippi , 1865
Diogmites Loew , 1866 (hanging-thieves)
Erythropogon White, 1914
Hodophylax James, 1933
Lastaurina Curran , 1935
Lastaurus Loew , 1851
Lestomyia Williston , 1884
Megapoda Macquart , 1834
Metalaphria Ricardo, 1912
Molobratia Hull , 1958
Neocyrtopogon Ricardo, 1912
Neoderomyia Artigas, 1971
Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949
Neosaropogon Ricardo, 1912
Omninablautus Pritchard, 1935
Opseostlengis White, 1914
Palaeomolobra Hull , 1962
Paraphamartania Engel, 1930
Parataracticus Cole, 1924
Paraterpogon Hull , 1962
Pegesimallus Loew , 1858
Phonicocleptes Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881
Pronomopsis Hermann, 1912
Pseudorus Walker , 1851
Questopogon Dakin and Fordham, 1922
Rachiopogon Ricardo, 1912
Saropogon Loew , 1847
Senobasis Macquart , 1838
Stizochymus Hull , 1962
Taracticus Loew , 1872
Thereutria Loew , 1851
Theromyia Williston , 1891
Theurgus Richter, 1966
Tocantinia Carrera, 1955
†Stenocinclis Scudder , 1878
References
Further reading
Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl :2246/5949 . ISSN 0003-0090 .
Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)" . Studia Dipterologica . 10 .
Hull, F. M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world" . Bulletin of the United States National Museum . 224 . doi :10.5479/si.03629236.224 . hdl :10088/10126 .
McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I . Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8 .