Robber Flies of Massachusettes

Based on Fisher and Wilcox's Catalog 1997 (unpublished). Not all species have been verified but may occur based on presently known geographies. Subtribes are not shown. The large Efferia genus has been split into new genera by South American Asilid scientist Jorge Artigas. This split is not accepted by all fly guys apparently. I have put the new genera in [ ] under that genus.

SUBFAMILY Leptogastrinae

Leptogaster

          flavipes Loew 1862

Psilonyx

          annulatus (Say) 1823

Tipulogaster

          glabrata (Wiedemann) 1828

SUBFAMILY Dasypogoninae

Taracticus

          octopunctatus (Say) 1823

Nicocles

          pictus (Loew) 1866  

          politus (Say) 1823

Diogmites

          basalis (Walker) 1851

          misellus Loew 1866

SUBFAMILY Laphrinae

Andrenosoma

          fulvicaudum (Say) 1823

Pogonosoma

          dorsatum (Say) 1824

Atomosia

          glabrata (Say) 1823

          puella (Wiedemann) 1828

          rufipes Macquart 1847

Laphria

          affinus Macquart 1855

          canis Williston 1883

          champlainii Walton 1910

          cinerea (Back) 1904

          divisor (Banks) 1917

          flavicollis Say 1824

          grossa (Fabricius) 1775

          index McAtee 1919

          posticata Say 1824

          sadales Walker 1849

          sericea Say 1823

          thoracica Fabricius 1805

          virginica (Banks) 1917

          winnemana McAtee 1919

SUBFAMILY Stenopogoninae

Cyrtopogon

          alleni Back 1909

          falto (Walker) 1849

          lutatius (Walker) 1849

          marginalis Loew 1866

Ceraturgus

          aurulentus (Fabricius) 1805

          fasciatus Walker 1849

          similis Johnson 1912

Holopogon

         oriens Martin 1959

         vockerothi Martin 1859 

Dioctria

          hyalipennis (Fabricius 1794)

Echthodopa

          formosa (Loew) 1872

Eudioctria

          albius (Walker) 1849

          brevis Banks 1917

          propinqua (Bromley) 1924

SUBFAMILY Stichopogoninae

Lasiopogon

          currani Cole & Wilcox 1838

          terricola (Johnson) 1900

          tetragrammus Loew 1874

Stichopogon

          argenteus (Say) 1823

          trifasciatus (Say) 1823

SUBFAMILY Trigonomiminae

Holcocephala

          abdominalis (Say) 1823

SUBFAMILY Asilinae

Efferia

          [Nerax] aestuans (Linnaeus) 1763

          [Albibarbefferia] albibarbis (Macquart) 1838

          [Pogoniefferia] pogonias (Wiedemann) 1821

Proctacanthus

          brevipennis (Wiedemann) 1828

          nigriventris Macquart 1838

          philadelphicus Macquart 1838

          rufus Williston 1885

Promachus

          bastardii Macquart 1838

          fitchii Osten Sacken 1878

Asilus

          sericeus Say 1823

Machimus

          erythocnemius (Hine) 1909

          lecythus (Walker) 1849

          notatus (Wiedemann) 1828

          paropus (Walker) 1849

          sadyates (Walker) 1849

          snowii (Hine) 1909

Neoitamus

          flavofemoratus (Hine) 1909

          orphne Osten Sacken 1849

Neomochtherus

          auricomus (Hine) 1909

          latipennis (Hine) 1909

          pallipes (Meigen) 1820

          piceus (Hine) 1909

Philonicus

          fuscatus (Hine) 1909

Ommatius

          tibialis Say 1823

Genera:       28 (not counting split Efferia genera)

Species:      71