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AsiloidFlies - deciphering their diversity + evolutionary history

Asilidae intro

Asilidae -- assassin flies or robber flies -- is one of the most speciose taxa of Diptera with more than 7,500 described species.

Content that is being transferred from the old web-site (asiloidflies.si.edu) is:

  • catalog of the Asilidae genera of the world
  • classification of the asilidae genera (following the phylogeny of Dikow 2009)
  • catalog of the Asilidae species of the Afrotropical Region
  • AfroAsilPortal