ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Asilus crabroniformis Hornet Robberfly	Species		3 images
Choerades marginatus Golden-haired Robberfly	Species		8 images
Dioctria a genus of robber flies	Genus	4 subtaxa	65 images
Dysmachus trigonus Fan-bristled Robberfly	Species		20 images
Leptarthrus brevirostris Slender-footed Robberfly	Species		24 images
Leptogaster cylindrica Striped Slender Robberfly	Species		19 images
Machimus a genus of robber flies	Genus	3 subtaxa	91 images	4 ident. refs
Neoitamus cyanurus Common Awl Robberfly	Species		15 images
Philonicus albiceps Dune Robberfly	Species		15 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
Superfamily	ASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
Infraorder	Asilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
Suborder	BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ASILIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Falk, S.		Diptera (flies)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
	Oldroyd, H.	1969	* Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 4, 132pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
	Séguy, E.	1927	* Diptéres (Brachycères) (Asilidae) *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 17, 190pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
()	van den Broek, R. & Schulten, A.	2013	Roofvliegen van Nederland en België inclusief Denemarken en de Britse Eilanden (Diptera - Asilidae)	97pp

ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASILOIDEA
(robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)

Asilomorpha
(robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)

BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ASILIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)