Asilidae
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Recent papers in Asilidae
Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949, a rare Neotropical genus of Asilidae, is revised and divided into three species groups: (1) the melanogaster group, including N. carrerai Artigas & Papavero, N. melanogaster (Wiedemann, 1821), N. tenebrosus... more
Archilestris chamelensis sp. nov. from Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico is described and illustrated. The number of species of Archilestris in Mexico is raised to two, and to six for the Americas. A tentative key to the species of North and... more
When having investigated an experimental triticale field (Nyírlugos, in the north-eastern part of Hungary) in the June of 2005, the author observed and collected Machimus annulipes (Asilidae) in great number. The rubber fly attacked and... more
Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949, a rare Neotropical genus of Asilidae, is revised and divided into three species groups: (1) the melanogaster group, including N. carrerai Artigas & Papavero, N. melanogaster (Wiedemann, 1821), N. tenebrosus... more
Robber flies are one of the most diverse groups of flies with over 7,000 described species in 530 genera around the world. According to recent catalogues, in Mexico 462 species, in 94 genera and 11 subfamilies have been recorded. However,... more
Resumen: Se registra por primera vez al asílido Nevadasilus blantoni (Bromley, 1951) para México. Hasta ahora sólo se conocía de Nevada, Estados Unidos, con lo que aquí se amplía sustancialmente su distribución conocida con el hallazgo de... more
A checklist of the ‘lower Brachycera’ of Finland is presented. This part of the complete checklist of Finnish Diptera covers the families Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Mythicomyiidae, Rhagioni- dae, Scenopinidae,... more
We provide new distribution records for 19 species of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Mexico based on the examination of 221 specimens from Mexican entomological collections.