Willistonininae
| Willistonininae | |
|---|---|
| Ablautus, Texas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Willistonininae |
| Tribes | |
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Willistonininae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 50 described species in Willistonininae, found in Africa, North America, and the Palearctic.[1][2]
Genera
These eight genera belong to the subfamily Willistonininae:[1][2]
- Ablautus Loew, 1866 (western North America)
- Acnephalomyia Londt, 2010 (Afrotropical realm|Afrotropical)
- Ammodaimon Londt, 1985 (Afrotropical)
- Astiptomyia Londt, 2010 (Afrotropical)
- Sisyrnodytes Loew, 1856 (Palearctic)
- Sporadothrix Hermann, 1908 (Afrotropical)
- Trichoura Londt, 1994 (Afrotropical)
- Willistonina Back, 1909 (western North America)
References
- ^ a b Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ a b Londt, Jason G. H.; Dikow, Torsten (2016). "A review of the genus Trichoura Londt, 1994 with the description of a new species from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and a key to world Willistonininae (Diptera, Asilidae)". African Invertebrates. 57 (2): 119–135. Bibcode:2016AfrIn..57..119L. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.10772. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Willistonininae at iNaturalist
- Media related to Willistonininae at Wikimedia Commons