page_title: Asilidae
section_title: Phylogeny
hierarchical_section_title: Asilidae / Phylogeny
caption_attribution_description: English: Johann Wilhelm Meigen, 1790 Abbildung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten nach der Natur Von Joh. Wilh. Meigen zu Stolberg bei Aachen 1 Taf XXXVIII see here for text Valid names and synonyms at Catalogue of Life (Annual Checklist) and Diptera.org Nomenclator. Types at MNHN collections database Note Europäischen Zweiflügeligen includes species described by previous authors - Linnaeus, Wiedemann, Fabricius, Scopoli, Forster ,Rossi, Macquart,Robert etc. 1 Dioctria rufipes (De Geer, 1776) 2 Dioctria oelandica (Linnaeus 1758) 3 Dioctria falleni Meigen, 1820 synonym of Dioctria atricapilla Meigen, 1804 (accepted name) 4 Asilus flavipes Meigen, 1820&#160;? synonym of Neomochtherus Flavipes 5 Dioctria wiedemanni Meigen, 1820 6 Dioctria baumhaueri Meigen, 1820 7 Dioctria infuscata synonym of Dioctria bicincta Meigen, 1820 8 Dioctria (Dioctria) bicincta Meigen, 1820 9 Dioctria atricapilla Meigen, 1804 10 nigripes&#160;? 11 reinhardi&#160;? 12 umbellatarum 13 Dioctria cothurnata Meigen, 1820 14 geniculata&#160;?
context_page_description: The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
context_section_description: Clade showing relationship of Asiloidea
caption: Figures of some Asilidae in Europäischen Zweiflügeligen
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