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Robber Flies Comantella pacifica Curran, 1926 Cophura bella (Loew, 1872) Proctacanthus duryi Hine, 1911 Diogmites discolor Loew, 1866 A Checklist of Proctacanthus hinei Bromley, 1928 Diogmites sallei (Bellardi, 1861) Proctacanthus longus (Wiedemann, 1821) Eccritosia zamon (Townsend, 1895) Oklahoma Asilidae (Robber Flies) Proctacanthus micans Shiner, 1867 Efferia flavipilosa Efferia luna Wilcox, 1966 Proctacanthus milbertii Macquart, 1838 Haplopogon latus (Coquillett, 1904) Compiled by Proctacanthus nearno Martin, 1962 Heteropogon lautus Loew, 1872 Michael A. Patten Proctacanthus rodecki James, 1933 Heteropogon macerinus (Walker, 1849) Proctacanthus rufus (Williston, 1885) Heteropogon senilis (Bigot, 1878) Holopogon guttulus (Wiedemann, 1821) Oklahoma Biological Survey, Promachus bastardii (Macquart, 1838) Lampria bicolor (Wiedemann, 1828) Promachus fitchii Osten Sacken, 1878 Laphria affinis Macquart, 1855 University of Oklahoma Promachus hinei Bromley, 1931 Laphria grossa (Fabricius, 1775) Promachus oklahomensis Pritchard, 1935 Laphria macquarti (Banks, 1917) Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805 Promachus texanus Bromley, 1934 Leptogaster schaefferi Back, 1909 Promachus vertebratus (Say, 1823) Machimus johnsoni (Hine, 1909) Triorla interrupta (Macquart, 1834) Machimus tenebrosus (Williston, 1901) Subfamily Asilinae Machimus virginicus (Banks, 1920) Mallaphora fautrix Osten Sacken, 1887 Asilus sericeus Say, 1823 Neoitamus orphne (Walker, 1849) Dicropaltum mesae (Tucker, 1907) Ommatius pretiosus Banks, 1911 Dicropaltum rubicundus (Hine, 1909) Ospriocerus rhadamanthus Loew, 1866 Furcilla delicatula (Hine, 1918) Pogonioefferia candida (Coquillett, 1893) Pogonioefferia helenae (Bromley, 1951) Machimus antimachus (Walker, 1849) Pogonioefferia kelloggi (Wilcox, 1966) Machimus formosus (Hine, 1918) Pogonioefferia monki (Bromley, 1951) Machimus griseus Hine, 1906 Promachus dimidiatus Curran, 1927 Neoitamus flavofemoratus (Hine, 1909) Promachus painteri Bromley, 1934 Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874 Neomochtherus auricomus (Hine, 1909) Scleropogon similis Jones, 1907 Philonicus limpidipennis (Hine, 1909) Townsendia pulcherrima Back, 1909 Philonicus rufipennis Hine, 1907 Tolmerus notatus (Wiedemann, 1828) State total: 138 species Tolmerus paropus (Walker, 1849) (+41 hypothetical; last update 08 December 2015) Tolmerus prairiensis Tucker, 1907 Tolmerus snowii (Hine, 1909) Please contact the Oklahoma Biological Survey if you have found a Subfamily Ommatiinae rare species, a species outside of its normal distribution, or if you Ommatius gemma Brimley, 1928 need identification help. Bullington & Lavigne, 1984 Ommatius oklahomensis Oklahoma Biological Survey contact info: Ommatius ouachitensis Bullington & Lavigne, 1984 Michael A. Patten, Professor, Hypothetical species [email protected] Aridefferia subpilosa (Schaeffer, 1916) or Brenda D. Smith-Patten, Heritage Asilus amphinome Walker, 1849 Zoologist, [email protected], Atomosia tibialis Macquart, 1846 or call 405-325-5061 Photos: top, Boehler Seeps, Atoka Co.; Beameromyia pictipes Loew, 1862 bottom, Promachus hinei, Crooked Branch Lake, Le Flore Co.; Carinefferia cressoni (Hine, 1919) visit: www.biosurvey.ou.edu/smith- by Brenda D. Smith-Patten patten/Oklahoma_Robber_Flies.html Cerotainia albipilosa Curran, 1930 Cerotainia macrocera (Say, 1823) Oklahoma Biological Survey, ©2015 Laphria flavicollis Say, 1824 Stichopogon colei Bromley, 1934 DIPTERA: ASILIDAE Laphria index McAtee, 1919 Stichopogon trifasciatus (Say, 1823) Laphria lata Macquart, 1850 Subfamily Trigonomiminae Subfamily Leptogastrinae Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805 Holococephala abdominalis (Say, 1823) Apachekolos tenuipes (Loew, 1862) Laphria sicula McAtee, 1919 Holococephala calva (Loew, 1872) Leptogaster brevicornis Loew, 1872 Laphria vorax (Bromley, 1929) Holococephala fusca Bromley, 1951 Leptogaster murina Loew, 1862 Subfamily Laphystiinae Subfamily Apocleinae Leptogaster virgata Coquillett, 1904 Laphystia bromleyi Wilcox, 1960 Eccritosia zamon (Townsend, 1895) Psilonyx annulatus (Say, 1823) Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927 Albibarbefferia albibarbis (Macquart, 1838) Tipulogaster glabrata (Wiedemann, 1828) Laphystia varipes Curran, 1931 Albibarbefferia leucocomus (Williston, 1885) Subfamily Dasypogoninae Psilocurus birdi Curran, 1931 Albibarbefferia zonata (Hine, 1919) Tribe Dasypogonini Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874 Aridefferia snowi (Hine, 1919) Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931 Subfamily Stenopogoninae Carinefferia cressoni (Hine, 1919) Saropogon combustus Loew, 1874 Tribe Cyrtopogonini Efferia luna Wilcox, 1966 Saropogon dispar Coquillett, 1904 Hadrokolos pritchardi Martin, 1959 Nerax aestuans (Linnaeus, 1763) Saropogon pritchardi Bromley, 1934 Hardokolos texanus (Bromley, 1934) Nerax aurimystaceus (Hine, 1919) Taracticus octopunctatus (Say, 1823) Heteropogon currani Pritchard, 1935 Nerax belfragei (Hine, 1919) Tribe Isopogonini Holopogon snowi Back, 1909 Nerax kansensis (Hine, 1919) Comantella pacifica Curran, 1926 Tribe Cerarturgini Nerax prairiensis (Bromley, 1934) Cophura lutzi Curran, 1931 Ceraturgus elizabethae Brimley, 1924 Pogonioefferia argentifrons (Hine, 1911) Cophura stylosa Curran, 1931 Ceraturgus cruciatus (Say, 1823) Pogonioefferia argyrosoma (Hine, 1911) Cophura texana Bromley, 1934 Ceraturgus oklahomensis (Bromley, 1934) Pogonioefferia auripila (Hine, 1916) Tribe Lastaurini Tribe Enigmomorphini Pogonioefferia bexarensis (Bromley, 1934) Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866 Microsytlum galactodes Loew, 1866 Pogonioefferia bicaudata (Hine, 1911) Diogmites bilobatus Barnes, 2010 Microstylum morosum Loew, 1872 Pogonioefferia helenae (Bromley, 1951) Diogmites misellus Loew, 1866 Prolepsis tristis (Walker, 1851) Pogonioefferia nemoralis (Hine, 1911) Diogmites neoternatus (Bromley, 1931) Tribe Stenopogonini Pogonioefferia pallidula (Hine, 1911) Diogmites platypterus Loew, 1866 Ospriocerus aeacidinus (Williston, 1886) Pogonioefferia plena (Hine, 1916) Diogmites pritchardi Bromley, 1936 Ospriocerus aeacus (Wiedemann, 1828) Pogonioefferia pogonias (Wiedemann, 1821) Diogmites texanus Bromley, 1934 Ospriocerus latipennis (Loew, 1866) Pogonioefferia texana (Hine, 1911) Subfamily Laphriinae Ospriocerus longulus (Loew, 1866) Pogonioefferia varipes (Williston, 1885) Tribe Andrenosomini Ospriocerus pumilus (Coquillett, 1904) Tuberculefferia tuberculata (Coquillett, 1904) Andrenosoma fulvicaudum (Say, 1823) Ospriocerus rhadamanthus Loew, 1866 Mallaphora fautrix Osten Sacken, 1887 Cerotainiops abdominalis (Brown, 1897) Scleropogon coyote (Bromley, 1931) Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann, 1828) Tribe Atomosiini Scleropogon helvolus Loew, 1874 Megaphorus acrus (Curran, 1931) Atomosia melanopogon Hermann, 1912 Scleropogon indistinctus (Bromley, 1937) Megaphorus guildianus (Williston, 1885) Atomosia puella (Wiedemann, 1928) Scleropogon picticornis Loew, 1866 Proctacanthella cacopiloga (Hine, 1909) Atomosia rufipes Macquart, 1847 Scleropogon subulatus (Wiedemann, 1828) Proctacanthella exquisita (Osten Sacken, Atomosia sayii Johnson, 1903 Stenopogon inquinatus Loew, 1866 1887) Tribe Dasytrichini Subfamily Dioctriinae Proctacanthella wilcoxi Bromley, 1935 Orthogonis stygia (Bromley, 1931) Tribe Echthodopini Proctacanthella willistoni Fisher & Wilcox, Tribe Laphriini Echthodopa pubera Loew, 1866 1997 Lampria bicolor (Wiedemann, 1828) Subfamily Stichopogoninae Proctacanthus brevipennis (Wiedemann, Lampria rubriventris (Macquart, 1834) Lasiopogon oklahomensis Cole & Wilcox, 1938 1828) .
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