Archilestris Explained

Archilestris is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about six described species in Archilestris.

Species

These six species belong to the genus Archilestris:

• Archilestris excellens Enderlein, 1914

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• Archilestris gapopterus (Wiedemann, 1828)

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• Archilestris geijskesi Papavero & Bernardi, 1974

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• Archilestris longipes (Macquart, 1838)

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• Archilestris magnificus (Walker, 1854)

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• Archilestris wenzeli Papavero & Bernardi, 1974

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

Further reading

• Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). 2009. Dikow . T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 319. 2246/5949. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera). 2004. Geller-Grimm . Fritz. Studia Dipterologica. 10.