Dasypogoninae Explained

Dasypogoninae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 60 genera and 520 described species in Dasypogoninae.

Genera

These 62 genera belong to the subfamily Dasypogoninae:

• Aczelia Carrera, 1955
• Allopogon Schiner, 1866^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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

Further reading

• Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). 2009. Dikow . T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 319. 0003-0090. 2246/5949. free.
• A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera). 2004. Geller-Grimm . Fritz. Studia Dipterologica. 10.
• Robber flies of the world. 1962. Hull . F. M.. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224. 10.5479/si.03629236.224. 10088/10126. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.

Notes and References

1. Schiner . I.R. . Die Wiedemann'schen Asiliden, interpretirt und in die seither errichteten neuen Gattungen eingereiht . Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien . 1866 . 16 . Abhandl . 649–722.
2. Estrada . Alejandro . A New Species of the Genus Archilestris Loew, 1874 from Peru (Diptera: Asilidae: Dasypogoninae) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 30 November 2022 . 124 . 2 . 10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.245 .
3. Dennis . D. Steve . Lavigne . Robert J. . DESCRIPTIONS AND NOTES ON THE PUPAE AND PUPAL CASES OF TEN SPECIES OF WYOMING ROBBER FLIES (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) Reprinted from PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL S . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . Entomological Society of Washington . 78 . 1976-07-01 . 0013-8797 . 277–303 . 2024-05-16.