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]

Dasypogoninae
Pegesimallus sp.
Blepharepium sonorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Dasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
Tribes
Taracticus octopunctatus.
Diogmites neoternatus, a species of hanging thief fly.
Cyrtopogon lateralis with prey.
Taracticus octopunctatus on common milkweed.

Genera

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These 62 genera belong to the subfamily Dasypogoninae:

References

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  1. ^ Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. ^ "Dasypogoninae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  3. ^ Schiner, I.R. (1866). "Die Wiedemann'schen Asiliden, interpretirt und in die seither errichteten neuen Gattungen eingereiht". Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. 16 (Abhandl): 649–722.
  4. ^ Estrada, Alejandro (30 November 2022). "A New Species of the Genus Archilestris Loew, 1874 from Peru (Diptera: Asilidae: Dasypogoninae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 124 (2). doi:10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.245.
  5. ^ Dennis, D. Steve; Lavigne, Robert J. (1976-07-01). "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. 78. Entomological Society of Washington: 277–303. ISSN 0013-8797. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

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