ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Machimus
a genus of robber flies
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Oldroyd, H. 1969 *** Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Séguy, E. 1927 *** Diptéres (Brachycères) (Asilidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 17, 190pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() van den Broek, R. & Schulten, A. 2013 Roofvliegen van Nederland en België inclusief Denemarken en de Britse Eilanden (Diptera - Asilidae) 97pp

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Harvey, M.C. 2018 Provisional atlas of soldierflies and allies

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 260 images of ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
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