Key to Asilidae subfamily taxa sensu Dikow (2009)
This matrix-based identification key is provided to place all Asilidae genera in the phylogenetic classification of Dikow (2009), which recognises 14 taxa: Asilinae, Bathypogoninae, Brachyrhopalinae, Dasypogoninae, Dioctriinae, Laphriinae, Leptogastrinae, Ommatiinae, Phellinae, Stenopogoninae, Stichopogoninae, Tillobromatinae, Trigonomiminae, and Willistonininae.
The phylogenetic analysis, which is the basis for this key, was published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 319 (downlaod a free PDF at: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/7).
Title: Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). The characters are taken from Table 7 and are here illustrated with photographs and line drawings.
Key Author(s): Torsten Dikow. Additional photographs of assassin flies by Michael Thomas, Giff Beaton, Fritz Geller-Grimm, Eileen Collins, Riley Nelson, Robert Copeland. Key Version: 1.0
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