Laphystia

Laphystia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Tribe:	Laphystiini
Genus:	Laphystia Loew, 1847

Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.

Species

These 56 species belong to the genus Laphystia:

• Laphystia actius (Melander, 1923) ^{i c g}
• Laphystia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1937 ^{c g}
• Laphystia albicans Engel, 1932 ^{c g}
• Laphystia albiceps (Macquart, 1846) ^{i c g}
• Laphystia alpheia Janssens, 1958 ^{c g}
• Laphystia anatolica (Hermann, 1920) ^{c g}
• Laphystia annulata Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia bromleyi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia brookmani Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia canadensis Curran, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia carnea Hermann, 1906 ^{c g}
• Laphystia cazieri Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia columbina Schiner, 1868 ^{c g}
• Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia dimidiata Oldroyd, 1958 ^{c g}
• Laphystia duncani Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia erberi Schiner, 1866 ^{c g}
• Laphystia fasciata (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880) ^{c g}
• Laphystia flavipes Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia francoisi Janssens, 1966 ^{c g}
• Laphystia gigantella (Loew, 1852) ^{c g}
• Laphystia hispanica Strobl, 1906 ^{c g}
• Laphystia howlandi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia jamesi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia kazaka Lehr, 1969 ^{c g}
• Laphystia kuehlhorni Janssens, 1961 ^{c g}
• Laphystia laguna Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia lanhami James, 1941 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia latiuscula Loew, 1871 ^{c g}
• Laphystia lehri Abbassian-Lintzen, 1964 ^{c g}
• Laphystia limatula Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia martini Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia notata (Bigot, 1878) ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia ochreifrons Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia opaca Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia pilamensis Hradsky, 1983 ^{c g}
• Laphystia robusta Hermann, 1908 ^{c g}
• Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia rufiventris Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia sabulicola Loew, 1847 ^{c g}
• Laphystia schnusei Hermann, 1908 ^{c g}
• Laphystia selenis Paramonov, 1930 ^{c g}
• Laphystia setosa Theodor, 1980 ^{c g}
• Laphystia sexfasciata (Say, 1823) ^{i g}
• Laphystia sillersi Hull, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia snowi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia sonora Wilcox, 1960 ^{c g}
• Laphystia stigmaticallis Bigot, 1878 ^{c g}
• Laphystia texensis Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia tolandi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia tollandi ^b
• Laphystia torpida Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia utahensis Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia varipes Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43: 227–239.
• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
• Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

External links

• Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-26.