Robber Flies of Wyoming

Originally based as per the other state lists on Fisher and Wilcox's Catalog 1997 (unpublished). Now updated per 2017 article from R. J. Lavigne and D. S. Dennis from Zootaxa. With extensive collection and review by Professor Lavigne in his Wyoming landscape. Including online information, museum specimens and personal experience of those authors. Oddly, the paper counts 158 species in its writing but has 160 species on the main list. They elevate Dicropaltum pawneeae back to species level. Anyway, those 160 are listed here. And Rhadiurgus variabilis appears on bugguide and was not on their list. Making 161. They state that they added 31 species that were previously unknown (marked with *), pushing levels up to equivalent numbers with the adjacent ID CO and UT lists. And they updated their list to Dikow's 2009 classification system. This system is used here now. It is not updated on all the state lists yet. And some of the subfamily revisions are still under study.

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. R. Lavigne does use it so it is retained here as per the other state lists. I have still kept the new genera in [ ] under that genus.

SUBFAMILY Leptogastrinae

Leptogaster

          arenicolus James 1937*

          aridus Cole 1919

          coloradensis James 1937

          eudicranus Loew 1874*

          hesperis Martin 1957

          murinus Loew 1862

          parvoclavus Martin 1957

          salvius Martin 1957

 

SUBFAMILY Dasypogoninae

Lestomyia

          sabulona (Osten-Sacken) 1877

          strigipes Curran 1931

 

Comantella

          fallei (Back) 1909

 

Cophura

          brevicornis (Williston) 1883

          sculleni Wilcox 1937*

          vitripennis (Curran) 1927

         

Omninablautus

          nigronotum (Wilcox) 1935

 

Diogmites

          angustipennis Loew 1866

          grossus Bromley 1936*

          neoternatus (Bromley) 1931*

 

SUBFAMILY DIOCTRIINAE

Bohartia

          martini Adisoemarto & Wood 1975

 

Dicolonus

          sparsipilosus Back 1909

 

Echthodopa

          pubera Loew 1866

 

SUBFAMILY Laphrinae

Andrenosoma

          fulvicaudum (Say) 1823

  

Pogonosoma

          ridingsi Cresson 1920

 

Atomosia

          puella Wiedemann 1828

          sayii Johnson 1903*

 

Lampria

          rubriventris (Macquart) 1834

 

 

          gilva (Linnaeus) 1758

 

Laphria

          aimatis McAtee 1919*

          astur (Osten-Sacken) 1877*

          felis (Osten-Sacken) 1877

          fernaldi (Back) 1904

          ferox Williston 1883*

          gilva (Linnaeus) 1758

          insignis (Banks) 1917

          janus McAtee 1919

          milvina Bromley 1929

          sackeni (Banks) 1917

          sadales Walker 1849

          vivax Williston 1883

 

Laphystia

          canadensis Curran 1927

          confusa Curran 1927

          flavipes Coquillett 1904

          notata (Bigot) 1878*

          rubra Hull 1957*

          rufiventris Curran 1931

          rufofasciata Curran 1931

 

 SUBFAMILY BRACHYRHOPALINAE

Cyrtopogon

          albovarians Curran 1924*

          auratus Cole 1919

          banksi Wilcox & Martin 1936

          bimaculus (Walker) 1851

          caesius Melander 1923

          callipedilus Loew 1874

          curtistylus Curran 1923*

          fumipennis Wilcox & Martin 1936

          glarealis Melander 1923

          infuscatus Cole 1919

          inversus Curran 1923 2nd

          montanus wilcoxi James 1942 2nd

          platycaudus Curran 1924*

          plausor Osten Sacken 1877

          praepes Williston 1883*

          pulcher Back 1909

          rufotarsus Back 1909

          sabroskyi Lavigne & Bullington 1981

          willistoni Curran 1922

 

Eucyrtopogon

          comantis Curran 1923

          diversipilosus Curran 1923*

          nebulo (Osten Sacken) 1877

 

Heteropogon

          maculinervis James 1937

          rubidus (Coquillet) 1893*

          senilis (Bigot) 1878*

          wilcoxi James 1934

 

Holopogon

          albipilosus Curran 1923

          atripennis Back 1909*

          caesariatus Martin 1959

          currani Martin 1959*

          seniculus Loew 1866

         

  SUBFAMILY STENOPOGONINAE

Backomyia

          limpidipennis (Wilcox) 1936

          seminoensis Lavigne 1971

 

Callinicus

          pictitarsis (Bigot) 1878

          pollenius (Cole) 1919

 

 

  

Ospriocerus

          aeacidinus (Williston) 1886

          aeacus (Wiedemann) 1828

          latipennis (Loew) 1866

          minos Osten-Sacken 1828

          nitens (Coquilett) 1904

          vallensis Martin 1968

 

Scleropogon

          coyote (Bromley) 1931

          neglectus (Bromley) 1931

          picticornis Loew 1866

         

Stenopogon

          engelhardti Bromley 1937*

          inquinatus Loew 1866

          martini Bromley 1937

          obscuriventris Loew 1872

          rufibarbis Bromley 1931

 

SUBFAMILY Stichopogoninae

Lasiopogon

          aldrichii Melander 1923

          bivittatus Loew 1866*

          cinereus Cole 1919

          lavignei Cannings 2002

          monticola Melander 1923

          polensis Lavigne 1969

          quadrivittatus Jones 1907

 

Stichopogon

          colei Bromley 1934

          trifasciatus (Say) 1823

 

SUBFAMILY TRIGONOMIMINAE

Holcocephala

          fusca Bromley 1951*

 

SUBFAMILY WILLISTONININAE

Ablautus

          mimus mimus Osten-Sacken 1877*

          rufotibialis Back 1909

        

Willistonia

          bilineata nigrofemorata Wilcox 1935

 

SUBFAMILY Asilinae

Efferia

          [Nerax] aestuans (Linnaeus) 1763

          [Albibarbefferia] albibarbis (Macquart) 1838

          [Pogonioefferia] benedicti (Bromley) 1940

          [Pogonioefferia] bicaudata (Hine) 1919

          [Pogonioefferia] dubius (Williston) 1885

          [Pogonioefferia] frewingi Wilcox 1966

          [Pogonioefferia] helenae Bromley 1951

          [Pogonioefferia] kelloggi Wilcox 1966

          [Pogonioefferia] pallidula (Hine) 1911

          [Pogonioefferia] pogonias Wiedemann 1821

          [Pogonioefferia] rapax Osten-Sacken 1887*

          [Pogonioefferia] staminea (Williston) 1885

          [Pogonioefferia] varipes (Williston) 1885

          [Aridefferia] arida (Williston) 1893*

          [Aridefferia] snowi (Hine) 1919

          [Carinefferia] costalis (Williston) 1885

          [Carinefferia] cressoni (Hine) 1919

          [Carinefferia] jubata (Williston) 1885

          [Carinefferia] subcuprea (Schaeffer) 1916

                   

Megaphorus

          guildianus (Williston) 1885

          willistoni (Cole) 1964*

         

Stilpnogaster

          auriannulatus (Hine) 1906

         

Proctacanthella

          cacopiloga (Hine) 1909

          exquisita (Osten-Sacken) 1887

          leucopogon Williston 1893

 

Proctacanthus

          micans Schiner 1867

          milbertii Macquart 1838

          rodecki James 1933

 

Promachus

          albifacies Williston 1885

          dimidiatus Curran 1927

          fitchii Osten-Sacken 1878

          magnus Bellardi 1861

 

Dicropaltum

          mesae (Tucker) 1907

          pawneeae Martin 1975

 

Asilus

           vescus Hine 1918*

 

Machimus

          adustus Martin 1975

          callidus (Williston) 1893

          delusus (Tucker) 1907

          erythocnemius (Hine) 1909

          formosus (Hine) 1918

          gilvipes (Hine) 1918

          occidentalis Hine 1909

          paropus (Walker) 1849

          prairiensis (Tucker) 1907

          sadytes (Walker) 1849*

          snowii (Hine) 1909

 

Negasilus

          belli Curran 1934

          cumbipilosus (Adisoemarto) 1967

 

Neoitamus

           orphne (Walker) 1849

 

Neomochtherus

          hypopygialis (Schaeffer) 1916

          lepidus (Hine) 1909*

          willistoni (Hine) 1909*

 

Philonicus

          limpidipennis (Hine) 1909

 

Rhadiurgus

            variabilis Loew 1849

 

Triorla

          interrupta Macquart 1834

 
 

Genera:       45 (not counting split Efferia genera)

Species:      162