Leptogastrinae
Apachekolos
Beameromyia
Leptogaster *
Leptopteromyia
Psilonyx
Tipulogaster
[Leptogastrinae]
| Neotropical | Nearctic | Palaearctic | Afrotropical | Oriental | Australian & Oceania |
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| Description: | Meigen, J.W. (1803): Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. VII. - Magazin für Insektenkunde 2. Herausgegeben von Karl Illiger: 259-281 (269-270) [269]; Braunschweig. |
| Type species: | Asilus tipuloides Fabricius, 1775: 795 (case of misidentified type-species, = cylindrica) |
| Literature: | Back, E.A. (1909): The robber flies of America, north of Mexico, belonging to the subfamilies Leptogastrinae and Dasypogoninae. - Transactions of the American Entomological Society 35: 137-400, pl. 2-12; Philadelphia [key]. Banks, N. (1914): Notes on Asilidae with two new species. - Psyche. A Journal of Entomology. Cambridge Entomological Club 21: 131-133; Cambridge [key]. James, M.T. (1937): New colorado Asilidae (Diptera). - Entomological News 48: 12-15; Vincentown [key]. James, M.T. (1941): The robber flies of colorado (Diptera, Asilidae). - Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 14(1): 27-53; Manhattan - Lawrence [key]. Martin, C.H. (1957): A revision of the Leptogastrinae in the United States (Diptera, Asilidae). - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(5): 347-385; New York [key]. Martin, C.H. (1957): The Asilidae of the Bahama Islands, with descriptions of two new species. - American Museum Novitates 1847: 1-7; New York [key]. Scarbrough, A.G. & Kuhar, T. (1992): Biodiversity of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) in Maryland and Delaware: Part I. Subfamily Leptogastrinae. - The Maryland Naturalist 36: 13-38 [key]. |
Nearctic species:
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