Leptogastrinae

Leptogastrinae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 450 described species in Leptogastrinae.^[1]

Leptogaster guttiventris

Leptogastrinae
Leptogaster cylindrica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Leptogastrinae

Genera

• Acronyches Williston, 1908
• Ammophilomima Enderlein, 1914
• Apachekolos Martin, 1957
• Beameromyia Martin, 1957
• Eurhabdus Aldrich, 1923
• Euscelidia Westwood, 1850
• Lagynogaster Hermann, 1917
• Lasiocnemus Loew, 1851
• Leptogaster Meigen, 1803
• Leptopteromyia Williston, 1907
• Lobus Martin, 1972
• Mesoleptogaster Frey, 1937
• Ophionomima Enderlein, 1914
• Psilonyx Aldrich, 1923
• Schildia Aldrich, 1923
• Sinopsilonyx Hsia, 1949
• Systologaster Papavero, 2009
• Tipulogaster Cockerell, 1913
• † Cretagaster Dikow and Grimaldi, 2014

References

1. Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

Further reading

• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949. ISSN 0003-0090.
• Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.
• Hull, F. M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.224. hdl:10088/10126.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Leptogastrinae at Wikimedia Commons