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Robber Flies
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 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.
21 branches of this family, most-observed first
Asilinae
subfamilyAsilinae
Laphriinae
subfamilyLaphriinae
Dasypogoninae
subfamilyDasypogoninae
Dioctriinae
subfamilyDioctriinae
Ommatiinae
subfamilyOmmatiinae
Stenopogoninae
subfamilyStenopogoninae
Brachyrhopalinae
subfamilyBrachyrhopalinae
Trigonomiminae
subfamilyTrigonomiminae
Leptogastrinae
subfamilyLeptogastrinae
Stichopogoninae
subfamilyStichopogoninae
Bathypogoninae
subfamilyBathypogoninae
Tillobromatinae
subfamilyTillobromatinae
Willistonininae
subfamilyWillistonininae
Phellinae
subfamilyPhellinae
Zabrotica
genusZabrotica
Hynirhynchus
genusHynirhynchus
Hystrichopogon
genusHystrichopogon
Leptochelina
genusLeptochelina
Neoholopogon
genusNeoholopogon
Grajahua
genusGrajahua
Paraterpogon
genusParaterpogon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47982.