Stichopogoninae Explained

Stichopogoninae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 14 genera and at least 230 described species in Stichopogoninae.

Genera

These 14 genera belong to the subfamily Stichopogoninae:

• Afganopogon Hradsky, 1962
• Argyropogon Artigas and Papavero, 1990
• Clinopogon Bezzi, 1910
• Dichropogon Bezzi, 1910
• Eremodromus Zimin, 1928
• Lasiopogon Loew, 1847
• Lissoteles Bezzi, 1910
• Nanoculcita Londt and Copeland, 2017
• Rhadinus Loew, 1856
• Stackelberginia Lehr, 1964
• Stichopogon Loew, 1847
• Townsendia Williston, 1895
• Turkmenomyia Paramonov, 1930
• † Burmapogon Dikow and Grimaldi, 2014

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. 0003-0090. 2246/5949. free.
• A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera). 2004. Geller-Grimm . Fritz. Studia Dipterologica. 10.
• Robber flies of the world. 1962. Hull . F. M.. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224. 10.5479/si.03629236.224. 10088/10126. 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.