Robber Flies of Georgia                              

This list was researched and provided by Herschel Raney from the 1997 list of EM Fisher, updated by Mike Thomas Aug 2003. It was updated again in Sep 2004 to reflect new asilid taxonomy, with the creation of 3 new subfamilies, and with the addition of a few new species for the state.

SUBFAMILY Leptogastrinae

Apachekolos tenuipes

Beameromyia

chrysops

disfascia

floridensis

vulgaris

Leptogaster

aegra

            brevicornis

flavipes

            incisuralis

            obscuripennis

virgata

Psilonyx annulatus

Tipulogaster glabrata

SUBFAMILY Dasypogoninae

Taracticus octopunctatus

Nicocles

engelhardti

            pictus

            politus

Diogmites

            crudelis

discolor

            esuriens

misellus

            neoternatus

            platypterus

            properans

salutans

SUBFAMILY Laphriinae

Andrenosoma fulvicaudum

Pogonosoma dorsatum

Atomosia

            glabrata

            puella

            rufipes

            sayii

Cerotainia

            albipilosa

            macrocera

Orthogonis stygia

Lampria

bicolor

rubriventris

Laphria

affinus

            aktis

apila

            canis

cinerea

            divisor

            fattigi

flavicollis
            floridensis

grossa

            index

            ithypyga

            lata

            macquarti

posticata

            saffrana

            sericea

            sicula

            thoracica

            virginica

            winnemana

SUBFAMILY Laphystiinae

Laphystia

            litoralis

            ochreifrons

SUBFAMILY Stenopogoninae

Ceraturgus

            aurulentus

cornutus

            cruciatus

            elizabethae

            mitchelli

nigripes

Cyrtopogon

alleni

            falto

            lutatius

            lyratus

            marginalis

Heteropogon

            macerinus

            rubrifasciatus

Holopogon

            guttulus

            oriens

            phaeonotus

            vockerothi

Prolepsis tristus

Scleropogon subulatus

SUBFAMILY Dioctriinae

Echthodopa formosa

Eudioctria brevis

SUBFAMILY Stichopogoninae
 

Lasiopogon

    curranis

    opaculus

    schizopygus

    shermani

Stichopogon trifasciatus

Townsendia nigra

SUBFAMILY Trigonomiminae

Holcocephala

            abdominalis

            calva

            fusca

SUBFAMILY Apocleinae

Mallophora

bomboides

orcina

Megaphorus

clausicellus
       laphroides

minutus

Proctacanthus
       brevipennis

fulviventris

gracilis

heros

hinei

longus

milbertii
       nigriventris

philadelphicus

rufus

Promachus

bastardii

fitchii

hinei

quadratus
       rufipes

Triorla interrupta

Efferia (Note: taxonomy under review, these are the currently accepted names but others have been recently proposed)

           aestuans

           albibarbis

           apicalis

           femorata

           nemoralis

           pogonias

           tabescens

SUBFAMILY Asilinae

Asilus sericeus

Machimus

            antimachus

            erythocnemius

            fattigi

frosti

lecythus

maneei

            notatus

            novaescotiae

paropus

            polyphemi
            sadyates

            snowii

            virginicus

Neoitamus

            flavofemoratus

            orphne

Philonicus fuscatus

Polacantha gracilis

SUBFAMILY Ommatiinae

Ommatius
       floridensis

gemma

tibialis

wilcoxi

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