Laphystia

Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.

Laphystia
Laphystia texensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Tribe:	Laphystiini
Genus:	Laphystia Loew, 1847

Species

These 56 species belong to the genus Laphystia:

• Laphystia actius (Melander, 1923) ^{i c g}
• Laphystia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1937 ^{c g}
• Laphystia albicans Engel, 1932 ^{c g}
• Laphystia albiceps (Macquart, 1846) ^{i c g}
• Laphystia alpheia Janssens, 1958 ^{c g}
• Laphystia anatolica (Hermann, 1920) ^{c g}
• Laphystia annulata Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia bromleyi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia brookmani Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia canadensis Curran, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia carnea Hermann, 1906 ^{c g}
• Laphystia cazieri Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia columbina Schiner, 1868 ^{c g}
• Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia dimidiata Oldroyd, 1958 ^{c g}
• Laphystia duncani Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia erberi Schiner, 1866 ^{c g}
• Laphystia fasciata (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880) ^{c g}
• Laphystia flavipes Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia francoisi Janssens, 1966 ^{c g}
• Laphystia gigantella (Loew, 1852) ^{c g}
• Laphystia hispanica Strobl, 1906 ^{c g}
• Laphystia howlandi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia jamesi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia kazaka Lehr, 1969 ^{c g}
• Laphystia kuehlhorni Janssens, 1961 ^{c g}
• Laphystia laguna Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia lanhami James, 1941 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia latiuscula Loew, 1871 ^{c g}
• Laphystia lehri Abbassian-Lintzen, 1964 ^{c g}
• Laphystia limatula Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia martini Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia notata (Bigot, 1878) ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia ochreifrons Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia opaca Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia pilamensis Hradsky, 1983 ^{c g}
• Laphystia robusta Hermann, 1908 ^{c g}
• Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia rufiventris Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia sabulicola Loew, 1847 ^{c g}
• Laphystia schnusei Hermann, 1908 ^{c g}
• Laphystia selenis Paramonov, 1930 ^{c g}
• Laphystia setosa Theodor, 1980 ^{c g}
• Laphystia sexfasciata (Say, 1823) ^{i g}
• Laphystia sillersi Hull, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia snowi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia sonora Wilcox, 1960 ^{c g}
• Laphystia stigmaticallis Bigot, 1878 ^{c g}
• Laphystia texensis Curran, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Laphystia tolandi Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia tollandi ^b
• Laphystia torpida Hull, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia utahensis Wilcox, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Laphystia varipes Curran, 1931 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
• Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.