A Literature-based Checklist of Kansas Robber Flies
(Diptera: Asilidae)
957 Perry Ave,
Wichita, KS 67203-3141
ABSTRACT
Robber flies constitute an important taxonomic component of
the grassland entomofauna. They are
significant predators on a variety of insects including Hymenoptera and
Orthoptera. However, they seem to have
been little studied in the central prairies.
The only previous list of the Kansas asilid fauna, which was published
in 1903 and supplemented in 1905, 1907 and 1909, included 47 species of which
44 were valid. The present paper, based
on an extensive review of the literature, lists all robber fly species recorded for Kansas. The checklist is presented together with
annotations from the cited literature giving counties of record, specimen
collection dates, and other pertinent information. Species are listed in the checklist using the most current name,
but a synonym cross reference list is provided so that current nomenclature for
any cited species from the literature can be quickly located. It is hoped that this list, which includes
122 confirmed and another 14 possible species for Kansas, will spur further
interest in the study of the robber flies of the central plains.
Keywords: Asilidae
Diptera Kansas prairie robber flies
In his treatise on the robber
flies (Asilidae) of the world, Hull
(1962) noted that they comprise “one of
the largest and most abundant families of present day insects...The majority of
species...frequent dry and sandy areas, a condition well shown by the greater
number of species found in arid and semiarid regions.” There are currently more than 6,700 species
of robber flies known in total (F. Geller-Grimm, Frankfurt, Germany. unpub. data), and just under a thousand for
the Nearctic (E.M. Fisher and J. Wilcox, 1997. They include in their definition
of the Nearctic region the Central Plateau of Mexico south to 20 degrees N.
latitude).
Ranging from small to quite
large (50 mm) in size, robber flies are predaceous on other insects and are
often significant predators of bees, other flies, and grasshoppers. They are visual predators, usually watching
from perches on the ground or vegetation for flying prey, so that open areas like
deserts, grasslands, and savannas are favored habitats.
It is therefore surprising
that, of the central tier of prairie states from Texas north through North
Dakota, Texas and Nebraska are the only ones that have had reviews of their
asilid fauna published. In 1907 Jones
reported 51 species-level taxa for Nebraska.
Jones commented that “Most of the material upon which this paper is
based was collected from the northwestern part of the state...Although there
are a good many forms represented...the number is low in comparison with what
might be secured by more careful collecting.
The entire State seems to be especially adapted to a large development
of the family Asilidae.” It is
unfortunate that, after this promising start, there has to date been no further
work published on Nebraska robber flies.
In 1934 and 1935 Bromley
reviewed the asilids of Texas, listing 164 species for the state. He noted that Texas has “...a tremendous
variety of both flora and fauna.
The...Asilidae...[are] represented to an extent unparalleled either in
species or in individuals by any other region in the country.” Colorado robber flies were reviewed by
James in 1941 and 1942. He recorded 150
species for that state.
The only previous
publications to list the asilid fauna of Kansas were Snow’s 1903 preliminary
list of Kansas Diptera (which included 33 species and listed counties of
record), and several subsequent additions to that list. Additions were made by Crevecoeur (1905, 8
additional species collected near his home in Onaga, Pottawatomie County) and
by Tucker (1907, 5 additional species, and 1909a,b, one additional
species). These brought the total for
Kansas to 47 species of which 44 were valid names (three of the species listed
by Snow are now known to be synonyms of other species on the list).
Cockerell (1905) compared the
Kansas and New Mexico Diptera faunas in terms of total numbers, but did not
list species. His Kansas numbers were
based on Snow’s list of 1903. He gave
the Asilidae numbers as: unique to Kansas, 29; common to Kansas and New Mexico,
4; unique to New Mexico, 34. Martin, in
his 1965 survey of American Asilidae, included a map on which he indicated 67
species for Kansas, though he did not list them. (It should be noted that he also showed the following numbers on
his map: 3 for North Dakota, 10 for
South Dakota, 34 for Nebraska, 32 for Oklahoma, 148 for Texas, 97 for New
Mexico, and 88 for Colorado. The numbers
for Nebraska, Texas, and Colorado are considerably lower than those listed in
the individual state surveys by Jones,
Bromley and James. Because Martin did
not provide lists of species or discuss the source of his numbers, it is
difficult to account for the numerical differences. In any event, it certainly appears that the low species numbers
for the Dakotas, Nebraska and Oklahoma as compared to Texas, Kansas, New Mexico
and Colorado are likely artifacts of inadequate collecting and survey work
rather than true reflections of depauperate robber fly faunas.)
I work mostly with Odonata
(dragonflies and damselflies), and originally became interested in robber flies
because, like the dragonflies, they are visually-oriented predators that take
their prey in flight. The differences
in functional morphology and behavior in the two groups are quite
fascinating. In attempting to
identify robber flies using the
assortment of keys required (that have been published over a period of nearly a
hundred years) I quickly came to want very much a list of likely species for
the region and a catalog listing synonyms and valid species. The catalog was provided by Eric Fisher in
the form of a draft unpublished manuscript, “Catalog of the robber flies
(Diptera: Asilidae) of the Nearctic region” (Fisher and Wilcox July 1997). The list of species resulted from a
three-year-long literature search and review, and it is that list which is presented here.
In this paper I list 122
species for which occurrence in Kansas has been specifically noted in the literature
(Section 1 of the list), and another 14 species that might occur here (Section
2 of the list). The list has been
constructed by reviewing the literature cited.
I have not included any information based on a personal review of museum
collections. The list is intended to
provide a starting point and reference source to aid in a more complete survey
that should include a review of museum and other collection material.
Higher order taxonomy is
based on Fisher and Wilcox (1997).
Family and Tribe to which each genus is assigned are per this reference
and are listed in square brackets [ ] after the genus, author and date of
description in the checklist. New
combinations proposed by Fisher (in Fisher and Wilcox 1997), are used here, but
synonyms or new taxa to be published in
his final manuscript are of course not incorporated here pending publication of
the catalog. If a species cited to
occur in Kansas has been synonymized (other than in Fisher and Wilcox, 1997)
subsequent to the citation, the species is listed only under the most recent
name. However, a list of synonyms is
included at the end of this paper that will direct the reader from the synonym
to the current name used in the checklist (Section 3 of the list). Section 4 of the list gives misidentified
species names used in the literature, and Section 5 lists species names which
are problematic.
Citations used as authority
for listing Kansas species and any discussion are given in curly brackets { }
after the species entry. Notes on occurrences in surrounding prairie
states (Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska)
that were encountered incidentally in my review of the literature are also
included. If I have not personally seen
a citation as to occurrence in Kansas, I have included the record by either
quoting the secondary source which quotes the original author, or by noting
that the citation is “vide [referring source]”. I have sought to obtain copies of all cited literature, but have
not always succeeded. However, note
that only two percent, or eight of the more than 350 citations, are secondary
rather than direct quotes. This list is
arranged alphabetically by genus, then alphabetically by species within each
genus.
ASILIDAE Latreille,
1804-1805, of Kansas:
1. SPECIES REPORTED TO OCCUR IN KANSAS:
Asilus Linnaeus
1758 [ASILINAE: ASILINI]
sericeus Say 1823 {Williston, 1893: “Numerous specimens, New England
States, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kansas.”; Snow, 1903: “Hamilton and Morton
counties.”; Hine, 1909: "Generally distributed over the eastern part of
North America from Canada to Texas and at least as far west as Kansas.";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Pa.; Kans., Ind., Conn., Mass., N.J.”}
Atomosia Macquart
1838 [LAPHRIINAE: ATOMOSIINI]
puella (Wiedemann)
1828 {Howard, 1901 [vide Lavigne,
1999, personal communication]; Crevecoeur, 1905, Pottawatomie County:
“Common. I have taken it along sloughs
and in the timber along creeks from June to September.”; Bromley, 1934 [vide
Baker and Fischer, 1975: “Bromley...reports this species from New York
southward to Florida and westward to Illinois, Kansas and Texas.”]; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “...Ohio to Pa., s. to Tex. and Fla.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "...Kans. to Mich. and Maine, s. to
Ariz. and Fla..."}
punctifera Hermann
1912
{Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "...Kans, to Tex. and Miss."}
pusilla Macquart
1838 {Fisher and Wilcox, 1997:
"...Wyo., Kans., Mo., Pa., La."}
rufipes Macquart
1847 {Snow, 1903: “Morton county.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“Pa.; Tex., Fla.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Pa.; Ohio to Mass., s. to Tex. And
Fla.”}
sayii Johnson 1903 {Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Pa.; Kans. to Pa., s.
to Tex., Fla."}
Beameromyia Martin 1957
[LEPTOGASTRINAE]
kawiensis Martin 1957 {Kansas is
the type locality; Martin, 1957:
“HOLOTYPE: Male, Manhattan, Kansas, May 25, sand dunes (R.H.
Painter). ALLOTYPE: Female, same
locality, June, sand dunes (R.H. Painter).
PARATYPES: Same data as holotype, female; June (R.H. Painter), one male,
six females.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“Kans.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997:
"Kans."}
pictipes (Loew) 1862 {Crevecoeur, 1905, Pottawatomis County, as Leptogaster varipes Loew: “Some years
quite common; on the prairies during the latter part of June.”; Martin, 1957:
“…The range seems to be a narrow belt extending from Kansas to Maryland…Kansas: Pottawatomie Co., June 5, 1932
(S.W. Sabrosky); Manhattan, June 5, 1932 (R.H. Painter); Lawrence (J.M.
Aldrich).”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“Ill.; narrow belt from Kans. to Md.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Ill.;
Kans. to Pa., Iowa, Md."}
prairiensis Martin 1957 {Kansas is type locality; Martin, 1957: “HOLOTYPE:
Male, Ellis County, Kansas, June 9, 1950 (R.H. Painter). ALLOTYPE: Female…same data as holotype. PARATYPES: Three males, same data as
holotype.”; :Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“Kans.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.")}
Ceraturgus Wiedemann
1824 [STENOPOGONINAE: CERATURGINI]
cruciatus (Say) 1823 {Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Ark.; S. Dak. to Mass., s.
to Ark. and Fla.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Ark.; S. Dak. to Maine, s. to
Kans. and Fla."}
Cerotainia Schiner
1866 [LAPHRIINAE: ATOMOSOMINI]
macrocera Say 1823 {Tucker, 1907: "Kansas, Douglas county;
July."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Pa.; Ohio, N.J. to Fla.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Pa.; Ohio to Conn., s. to Miss. and Fla., Kans., Mo.”}
Cerotainiops Curran 1930
[LAPHRIINAE: ANDRENOSOMINI]
abdominalis (Brown)
1897 {Pritchard, 1942: “...a rather
variable species with a wide range in the southwest...Specimens examined. -
KANSAS: one female, Comanche Co., 1916, 2089 ft. (R.H. Beamer).
OKLAHOMA...TEXAS...NEW MEXICO...ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA...”; Martin, 1959a: “The
range of this species is from Kansas southward into Texas and westward into
southern California.”; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “N. Mex.; Calif., Ariz., Kans., Okla., Tex.”}
Cophura Osten
Sacken 1887 [DASYPOGONINAE: ISOPOGONINI]
stylosa Curran 1931 {Curran, 1931: "Type.-Female, Woods Co.,
Oklahoma, July 1, 1930..."; Pritchard, 1943: "Specimens are at hand
from Boise City, Oklahoma (July); Clark Co., Kansas, (June); Kiowa Co.,
Colorado (August 19); and Sweetwater, Texas (June 15)."; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: "Okla.; Colo., Kans., Tex."; Cole, 1969: "...has
its type locality and center of distribution in Oklahoma and Kansas, but a
specimen was collected in Kiowa Co., Colo."}
Cyrtopogon Loew 1847
[STENOPOGONINAE: CYRTOPOGONINI]
profusus Osten
Sacken 1877 {Back, 1909:
"Habitat:- Morino Valley, N.M.; Sangre de Cristo Mts., Col.; Kans. (F.H.
snow)."; Melander, 1923 [vide R. Lavigne, 1998, personal communication];
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: "N. Mex.; Colo., Kans."}
Dasylechia Williston
1907 [LAPHRIINAE: DASYLECHIINI]
atrox (Williston) 1883 {Baker and Fischer, 1975: “This species has been
collected from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, and
Utah.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Pa.; Utah, Kans., Iowa, Ill., Mich.,
Ohio, N.Y., N.J."}
Dicropaltum Martin 1975
[ASILINAE: ASILINI]
mesae (Tucker) 1907 {Tucker, 1907 described the species from Colorado
Springs, Colorado, as Tolmerus mesae;
Hine, 1909 as Asilus mesae:
"Specimens are at hand from Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas. The types are in
the Francis Huntington Snow Collection."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965 as Asilus mesae: “...Colo.; Wyo., Kans.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Colo.; B.C. and Alta., s. to Calif., N. Mex. and
Kans. N.comb.”}
pawneeae Martin
1975 {Kansas is type locality; Martin, 1975: “Holotype: male, Pawnee County, Kansas.”}
rubicundus (Hine) 1909 {Kansas is type locality.; Hine, 1909 as Asilus rubicundus: "Specimens of
this small and distinct species have been taken at Onagan [sic, should be
Onaga, in Pottawatomie County], Kansas by Crevecoeur in June and July...";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965 as Asilus rubicundus:
“...Kans.; Ill.”; Martin, 1975, as Dicropaltum
rubicundus: “Kansas; Illinois.”}
Diogmites Loew 1866
[DASYPOGONINAE: LASTAURINI]
angustipennis Loew 1866 {Williston, 1883, as Deromyia angustipennis: “A single specimen from Kansas…”; Snow,
1903, as Deromtia angustipennis:
“Wallace, Logan and Sedgwick counties.”; Tucker, 1907, as Deromyia angustipennis: "Kansas, Sedgwick county; August, on
open prairie"; Back, 1909 as Deromyia
angustipennis: "Habitat.- Ks. (type); Colorado Springs, Col.
(Osten-Sacken), Col. (Morrison, July 30); Ill. (Forbes); Glen, Sioux Co., and
Lincoln, Nebr. (P.R. Jones)."; Evans and Yashimoto, 1962 (p. 72): “…a male
wasp [Anoplius amethystinus atramentarius]was
found to have been taken prey by the asilid fly Diogmites sp., possibly angustipennis
Loew…near Manhattan, Kansas…”, (p. 91): “…a large asilid pounced upon the wasp
[Sericopompilus apicalis] The wasp
attempted to sting it, but the asilid held it far from its body and soon
succeeded in piercing the cervical membrane of the wasp with its
proboscis. The fly proved to be Diogmites angustipennis Loew.”; Smith et
al, 1962: "...common, velvety reddish-brown, long-legged prairie late
summer species...has a high-pitched buzz and feeds on many common insects,
including honeybees and wasps."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...Kans.;
Colo., Ill.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.; Wyo., Nebr., s. to N. Mex.,
Tex., Ill., MEX"}
misellus Loew 1866 {Williston, 1883, as Deromyia winthemi Wied.: “I have specimens from Indiana and Kansas
that show no differences from a number of individuals that I captured…near New
Haven.”; Snow, 1903, as Deromyia
miscellus [sic] Loew: “Douglas county.”, and as Deromyia angustiventris Macquart: “Wallace county.”; Tucker, 1907,
as Deromyia winthemi Wied.:
"Kansas, Douglas county; August"; Martin, 1965 shows a map with the
range of this species extending into the southeastern corner of Kansas.; Martin
and Wilcox, 1965: “...Ill. to Mass., s. to Tex. and Fla.”; Artigas, 1966, shows
a specimen in Kansas on his distribution map for this species.; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: "...Kans. to Mass., s. to Tex. and Fla."}
neoternatus (Bromley)
1931 {Bromley, 1931 as Deromyia neoternata: “Holotype male,
Russell Co., Kansas, 1800 feet, August 26, 1912 (Coll. F.X. Williams),
Allotype, female, Osborne Co., Kansas, 1557 feet, Aug. 3, 1912 (F.X. Williams).
I have examined numerous species from Florida to Colorado and from Indiana to
Texas. I have collected the species in
Missouri, South Carolina, and Indiana.
It occurs mostly where the herbage is rank at the edge of low
fields...”; Martin, 1965 shows a map with the all of Kansas included in this
species’ range.; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...Kans.; Colo. to Ind., s. to Tex.
and S.C.”; Artigas, 1966: "Material examined: KANSAS: Salina, 1 [female]
... NEBRASKA: Lincoln, 1 [male]...OKLAHOMA: Woods Co., 1
[male]...TEXAS..."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.; Nev. to Iowa and
Md., s. to Ariz. and Fla."}
platypterus Loew 1866 {Snow, 1903, as Deromyia
platyptera: “Douglas, Sedgwick and Wallace counties.”; Tucker, 1907, as Deromyia platyptera: "Kansas,
Douglas county, July"; Back, 1909, as Deromyia
platyptera: "Habitat.- ...Peru and Union, Neb. (P.R. Jones); Ames,
Iowa (J.M. Aldrich)..."; Martin, 1965: “D. platypterus is found on both sides of the Mississippi River,
ranging from eastern Texas northward to eastern Nebraska and from Alabama
northward into Illinois.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...Nebr. to Ill., s. to
La. and Miss.”; Artigas, 1966: "Material examined: ...COLORADO:
Ione...MISSOURI: Carterblue Mts...Stonehill...OKLAHOMA: Ft.
Gibson...Gora...TEXAS..." His distribution map shows this species in
Colorado, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas, Louisiana, and east to Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida.; Fisher
and Wilcox, 1997: “...Colo. and S. Dak. to Md., s. to Tex. and Ga.”}
symmachus Loew 1872 {Smith et al, 1962 list this species for Kansas;
Martin, 1965 shows a map with the range of this species restricted to northern
Mexico and southern Texas; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Tex.”; Willis, 1967 (p.
207): “I have twice caught asilids eating Cicindela:
Diogmites symmachus with C. togata…”;Fisher and Wilcox, 1997:
"Tex.; N. Mex., Kans., Okla., Ark., La., MEX"}
ternatus Loew 1866 {Tucker, 1907, as Deromyia
ternata: "Kansas, Douglas county; July, twilight, flying under the
leaves of vines, bushes and weeds in back yards in town; only noticed in the
past two years; reported as an enemy of the honey-bee in the country";
Back, 1909, as Deromyia ternata:
"Habitat.- ...Round Mt., Tex.; Las Cruces, N.M. (Aug. 19, C.H.T.
Townsend); Garden City, Ks. [Finney
County] (Aug.); Mo.; Rocky Ford, Col. (Aug. 7)"; Martin, 1965: “Diogmites ternatus Loew, a Cuban species,
is probably from Louisiana since one of Loew’s specimens was from this state.”;
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...Cuba; La.”; Artigas, 1966: "Material
examined: ...KANSAS: Doniphan [Co.], 1 [male]...TEXAS: Round Mt., 1 [male]...D. ternatus is a Cuban species that has
been recorded several times in the United States. It is often confused with D.
neoternatus, but may be distinguished from that species by the central
stripe of the mesonotum, which in ternatus
extends anteriorly to the pronotum...but in neoternatus
shades into reddish anteriorly and rarely reaches the pronotum...” His map for
this species shows specimens from Missouri, the northeastern and southwestern
corners of Kansas, the southwestern corner of Colorado, and Texas, New Mexico,
and Louisiana as well as Florida and Georgia.; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Cuba;
La., Fla.”}
Ecthodopa Loew 1866
[STENOPOGONINAE: ECHTHODOPINI]
pubera Loew 1866 {Crevecoeur, 1905: “Occurs from the last of May to the
last of August along the larger streams among the weeds in the timber.”; Back,
1909: "Habitat.-Nebr. (type); Lincoln, West Point, Harlan, and Sioux
Counties, Neb. (P.R. Jones); Wyo.; Mont.; S.D.; Pullman, Wash."; Martin
and Wilcox, 1965: “Nebr.; Wash. to S. Dak., s. to Wyo. and Nebr.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: "Nebr.; Wash., Idaho, Wyo., S.Dak. to Mich., s. to
Tex."}
Efferia Coquillett
1893 [ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
aestuans (Linnaeus)
1763 {Snow, 1903, as Erax aestuans: “Morton and Riley
counties.”; Tucker, 1907, as Erax
bastardii: “Kansas, Douglas county; July”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“...entire e. N. Amer. to Wyo. and Tex.”; Wilcox, 1966: "James (1941)
records this species from Colorado. Specimens on hand
from...Kansas...Missouri... Oklahoma..."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Wyo.
to Ont. and N.H., s. to N. Mex. and Fla.”}
albibarbis (Macquart)
1838 {Williston, 1885, as Erax furax," Western Kansas";
Snow, 1903, as Erax cinerascens Bell.:
“Douglas, Hamilton, Morton, Wallace, Finney and Clark counties.”, as Erax tricolor Bell.: “Finney and Wallace
counties.”; Hine, 1919, as Erax barbatus:
“This species is the most widely distributed of any of the genus. It ranges
from Guatemala and Lower California to Washington and New England and often is
the first of the genus taken in any locality within its ranges.”; Hunter, 1899
(as Erax cinerascens Bellardi) is
cited by Greathead, 1963 (p. 480, Section IX, Catalogue I, entry number 52) as
a reference for adults of this species having been observed preying on
grasshoppers in Kansas ;Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...U.S., coast to coast, s.
to Guatemala.”; Fisher and Wilcox,
1997: “...entire U.S. and Mexico, s. to Costa Rica...furax...Calif., Kans., Ariz...”}
anomala Bellardi
1861
{Hine, 1919, as Erax anomalus:
"Range: Kansas to Texas and Mexico and westwards."; [Martin and
Wilcox, 1965, noted that Erax anomalus
Bellardi was “Not Nearctic”, and
synonymized anomalus with anacapai. However, Wilcox, 1966, listed anacapai as occurring only in California, provided a key for
distinguishing it from other species of the anomala
group, and reestablished anomala
as a valid species under Efferia. Wilcox states: “…Hine (1919) [and others]
report E. anomala from Arizona and
other localities in the southwest and it is retained here because it is a
well-defined species and no difference between it and the Mexican type has been
published”]}
argentifrons (Hine) 1911 {Hine, 1919, as Erax
argentifrons: "Species of both sexes taken in Clark County, Kansas by
F.H. Snow."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.”; Wilcox, 1966:
"Specimens are known from...Kansas: Gove County, 2,813 feet (F.X.
Williams); Jewell County, 8 July 1915 (R.H. Beamer); Osborne County, 1,557
feet, 7 August 1912 (F.X. Williams); Rawlins County, 4 July 1925 (R.H. Beamer);
Russell County, 1,830 feet, 20 July 1912 (F.X. Williams); Saline County, 14
July 1923 (R.H. Beamer, C.H. Martin); Scott County, 17-19 June 1925 (R.H.
Beamer, Howard Deay). Oklahoma: Kenton, 21-27 June 1923 (A.E.
Pritchard)."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Kans.; N. Mex., Tex., Okla.”}
argyrosoma (Hine) 1911
{Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are
known from...Kansas: Scott County, 17 June 1925 (R.H. Beamer)."}
aurimystacea (Hine) 1911 {Hine, 1919, as Erax
aurimystaceus: "Holotype: Male from Clark County, Kansas, F.H. Snow.
Several males and females from Clark, Ellis, Grove [sic, should be Gove] and
Ness Counties, Kansas, mostly taken in July."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965:
“Kans.”; Wilcox, 1966: "Types, male and female. Clark County, Kansas (F.H.
Snow) OSU; also Ellis, Grove [sic] and Ness counties, Kansas, mostly taken in
July...Specimens from...Kansas: Cheyenne County, 3 July 1925 (Howard Deay);
Kiowa County, 4 July 1923 (W.B. Whitlow); Norton County, 5 July 1925 (R.H.
Beamer, N.J. Grady)."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Kans.; Tex.”}
candida
(Coquillett) 1893 {Hine, 1919, as Erax candidus: "Range: Kansas, New
Mexico, Arizona and California."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Calif.; Ariz.,
N. Mex., Kans.”}
helenae (Bromley)
1951 {Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens
are known from...Kansas: Scott City, 1 October 1935..."; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Alta. to Man., s. to Ariz. and Tex., MEX”}
kansensis (Hine) 1919 {Hine, 1919, as Erax
kansensis: "Type: Male and allotype, from Clark County, Kansas,
elevation 1962 feet. F.H. Snow."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.”;
Wilcox, 1966: "Types, male and female. Clark County, Kansas, 1962'; (F.H.
Snow), OSU...James (1941) reports the following from Kansas: Coolidge, July 31,
1933 (Rodeck and James), less than one mile from the Colorado line. Specimens
are known from...Kansas: Ellsworth County, 13 July 1923 (R.H. Beamer); Wichita,
3 July 1949 (B.L. and J.G. Rozen). Oklahoma: Beaver County, 28 July 1933 (A.E.
Pritchard); Alfalfa County, 11 August 1932 (A.E. Pritchard)..."; Fisher
and Wilcox, 1997: “Kans.; Okla., Tex.”}
leucocoma (Williston)
1885 {Williston, 1885, as Erax leucocomus: "Western
Kansas"; Snow, 1903, as Erax
leucocomus: “Wallace county.”;
Hine, 1919, as Erax leucocomus:
"Ten specimens from Western Kansas collected by F.X. Williams.";
Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are known from...Kansas: Barber County, 4 July,
1925 (H.J. Grady); Kiowa County, 5 July 1933 (R.H. Beamer); Logan County, 22
June 1925 (R.H. Beamer); Rawlins County, 4 July 1925 (H.J. Grady); Scott
County, 18 to 25 June (R.H. Beamer, Howard Deay, H.J. Grady); prey cicada.
Oklahoma: Cimarron County, 3 July 1933 (A.E. Pritchard)..."; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.; Tex.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Kans.; Okla., Tex.,
Colo.”}
luna Wilcox 1966 {Wilcox, 1966: "Paratypes...Kansas: 1 [male], Stanton
County, 3,000 feet, 30 July 1911 (F.X. Williams), JW."; Fisher and Wilcox:
“N, Mex,; Kans., Tex.”}
nemoralis (Hine) 1911 {Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are known
from...Kansas: Baldwin, 4 July 1906 (J.C. Bridwell); Douglas County, 12 June
1923 (C.O. Bare); Johnson County, 1931 (R.H. Beamer); Lyon County, 14,15 June
1923 (C.O. Bare, W.J. Brown); Sedgwick County, 1,291 feet, 1916 (R.H. Beamer).
Oklahoma: Craig County, 18 June 1931 (Maxwell and Lassiter); McCurtain County,
9 June 1931 (C.C. Deonier)... Females from Kansas and Oklahoma have the
ovipositor 4.4 mm long, while those from Texas are 6.3 mm long."; Fisher
and Wilcox, 1997: “...Kans. s. to Tex. and La., Ohio, Va., N.C., Ga.”}
pallidula (Hine) 1911 {Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are known from...Kansas:
Cheyenne County, 1 July, 1925 (H.J. Grady); Gove County, 2,813 feet (F.X.
Williams); Marion County, 23 June 1923 (W.J. Brown)."; Fisher and Wilcox,
1997: “N. Mex.; Wyo. and Nebr., s. to N. Mex. and Tex.”}
plena (Hine) 1916 {Hine, 1919, as Erax
plenus: "Several specimens of each sex from Douglas County, Kansas,
900 feet elevation (F.H. Snow). From Onaga, Kansas [Pottawatomie County], and
from Osborne County, Kansas, 1557 feet elevation, collected August 3, 1912,
(F.X. Williams). Ardmore, Indian
Territory, (C.R. Jones); Plano, Texas...Waco, Texas...and other localities in
Texas."; Wilcox, 1966: "Types male and female, Douglas County,
Kansas, 900 feet (F.H. Snow), OSU. Also, Onaga, Kansas, August 20, 1901 and
Osborne County, Kansas, 1,557 feet, August 3, 1912 (F.X. Williams)."}
pogonias (Weidemann)
1821 {Hine, 1919, as Erax rufibarbis: “This species has a
wide range in Eastern North America...specimens are at hand from as far west as
the Dakotas and central Texas.”; Smith et al, 1962, as Efferia barbatus: “One of the smaller gray and black stout-bodied
species of robber fly in Kansas...”;Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are known
from...Kansas..."; [Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “...s. U.S. e. of Rocky
Mts.”, and Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Minn. to Maine, s. to Tex. and Fla.” both
list a number of other synonyms for this species. ]}
prairiensis (Bromley)
1934 {Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens
are known from...Kansas: Cherokee County, 888 feet, 1915 (R.H. Beamer); Osage
County, 888 feet, 1915, 16 June, 1933 (R.H. Beamer). Oklahoma: Quinton, 12 June
1934 (A.E. Pritchard); Tuskahoma, 14 June 1934 (A.E. Pritchard)."; Fisher
and Wilcox, 1997: “Tex.; Okla., Kans.”}
rapax (Osten
Sacken) 1887 {Crevecoeur, 1905: “A rather uncommon species; taken
on the prairie in September. I have a
pair taken in copula, and find the
sexes differ considerably.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Mexico; Ariz., N. Mex.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ariz. [as n. Sonora]; Utah, Colo., N. Mex., Tex.”}
snowi (Hine) 1919 {Hine, 1919, as Erax
snowi: "Type: Male and allotype from Clark County, Kansas, 1962 feet
elevation, taken in May by F.H. Snow, for whom the species is named...More than
fifty other specimens from Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas...";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.; Colo., N. Mex., Tex.”; Wilcox, 1966:
"...Type male and female, Clark County, Kansas, 1,962 feet, May (F.H.
Snow), OSU. More than 50 other specimens from Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and
Texas."}
staminea (Williston) 1885
{Snow, 1903, as Erax
stamineus: “Clark county.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Mont.; Wyo.”; Fisher
and Wilcox, 1997: “Mont.; B.C., Wyo., Utah, Colo.”}
texana (Banks in
Hine) 1919 {Wilcox, 1966: "Specimens are known from...Oklahoma: Murray
County, 22 August 1933 (A.E. Pritchard); Wichita National Forest, 27 June 1936
(M.B. Jackson)."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Tex.; Kans., Okla., N. Mex.,
N. Leon., Tam.”}
varipes (Williston)
1885 (Snow, 1903 as Erax varipes: “Hamilton, Morton and
Wallace counties.”; Hine, 1919, as Erax varipes: "Specimens from
Western Kansas and from Arizona."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Ariz.; N.
Mex., Kans.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ariz., Kans.; Colo., N. Mex., Tex.”}
Heteropogon Loew 1847
[STENOPOGONINAE: CYRTOPOGONINI]
phoenicurus Loew 1872 {Tucker, 1907: “Kansas, Douglas county; August”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, and Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997, both list only “Tex.” Tucker’s specimens should probably be
reviewed.}
Hodophylax James 1933
[DASYPOGONINAE: ISOPOGONINI]
aridus James 1933 {James, 1934: "Allotype, male, Boone, Colo., 5000
ft., Aug. 17, 1928 (R.H. Painter). Also
described from...one male and one female, Hamilton County, Kansas, 4000 ft.,
Aug. 6, 1928 (Painter)"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Colo.; Ariz., N. Mex.,
Tex., Kans.”}
Holcocephala Jaennicke
1867 [TRIGONOMIMINAE]
abdominalis (Say) 1823 {Crevecoeur, 1905: “Abundant along sloughs, where it
frequents flowers growing in such situations.
June to July.”; Back, 1909: "Habitat:- ...Nebr. (P.R.
Jones);...Tex.; Ks...."; Martin,
1965: “In the United States abdominalis ranges
from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “U.S. e. of Rocky Mts.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “...Nebr. to Ont. and N.H., s. to Tex. and Fla...”}
calva (Loew) 1872 {Martin, 1965:
“...collected in the United States in an area bounded by Texas, Kansas, Ohio,
New York, and south into Florida.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Tex.; Kans. to
N.Y., s. to Tex. and Fla.”}
Holopogon Loew 1847
[STENOPOGONINAE: CYRTOPOGONINI]
snowi Back 1909 (Back, 1909: "Habitat:- Type Locality, Clark
Co., Ks., (May), elev. 1692 ft., F.H. Snow ."; Martin, 1951: “Lectotype,
female, Clark Co. Ks., May, 1692 ft.
F.H. Snow…Allotype, male, Clark Co. Ks., May, 1692 ft., F.H. Snow. These types are in the Snow Entomological
Collection.”; Martin, 1959b: “Type locality Clark County, Kansas, 1692
ft., May 1892, (F.H. Snow). Oklahoma: Seiling, June 2, 19349
(Kaiser-Nailon).”; Martin and Wilcox,
1965: “Kans.; Okla., Tex.”}
Lampria Macquart
1838 (Brychomyia) Hull 1962
[LAPHRIINAE:LAPHRIINI]
bicolor (Weidemann)
1828
{Martin, 1965: “...ranges from Kansas to Connecticut and southward to
Texas and Florida.”}
rubiventris Macquart)
1834 {Snow, 1903: “Wallace county.”;
Tucker, 1907: “Kansas, Sedgwick county; August”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Wyo.
to Ill., s. to Colo. and Tex.”}
Laphria Meigen 1800
[LAPHRIINAE: LAPHRIINI]
canis Williston 1883 {Snow,
1903: “Douglas county.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Conn.; Ohio, Pa., N.Y., Md.,
Va.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ont. And Minn. To Que. And Maine, s. to Ill.,
Tenn., and Fla.” [This specimen, from the Snow Museum in Lawrence, is one that
should be verified, as the occurrence is far east of the current known
ranges.]}
grossa (Fabricius)
1775
{Howard, 1900, 1901 [vide Lavigne, 1999, personal communication] as Dasyllis tergissa; Snow, 1903, as Dasyllis tergissa: “Douglas county.”}
lata Macquart 1850 {Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Tex.; Kans. to Ill., s. to Tex. and Miss., Fla.”}
sicula McAtee 1919 {Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Md.; Ont. and Que., s. to Ill., Tenn. and Fla., Kans., Okla.”}
thoracica Fabricius
1805 {Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “N. Amer.; e. of the Rocky Mts.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Minn. to Que. and
Maine, s. to Miss. and Fla., Kans.”}
vorax (Bromley) 1929 {Smith et al, 1962: “The smaller of several species
of black and yellow, hairy robber flies which resemble bumblebees.”; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.; Nebr.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Kans.; Nebr., Iowa,
Okla.”}
Laphystia Loew 1847
[LAPHISTINAE]
canadensis Curran 1927 {Wilcox, 1960: "species have been identified
from the following localities: IOWA, Sioux City...KANSAS, Atchison Co., VII-11
and 14 '24...Doniphan Co., VII-22 '24...and VII-22 '19...NEBRASKA,
Lincoln...SOUTH DAKOTA, Elk Point..."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Mont. and
Man. to Iowa, s. to Wyo. and Kans.”}
flavipes Coquillett
1904 {Wilcox, 1960: "...has been
examined from the following localities: KANSAS: Clark Co., May 1962 ft. F.H.
Snow...NEBRASKA: Neligh, VI-19 '09..."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Mont.
and Man., s. to Colo. and N.C.”}
notata (Bigot)
1878 {Curran, 1931:
"...Galveston, Texas and...Lawrence, Kansas."; Martin and Wilcox,
1965: “...Kans., Miss.”}
sexfasciata (Say) 1823 {Snow, 1903: “Douglas and Clark counties.”; Wilcox,
1960: "Neotype: male, Lincoln, Nebr...Other specimens seen are as follows:
KANSAS: Clark Co., 1962 ft. May and June (F.H. Snow). NEBRASKA:
Lincoln..."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Mo.; Nebr., Kans.”}
snowi Wilcox 1960 {Wilcox, 1960: "Holotype: Male, Clark Co., Kans.
June, 1962 ft (F.H. Snow, in the Snow Collection, University of Kansas. Allotype: Female, same date, May, in the
Snow Collection..."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.”}
varipes Curran 1931 {Curran, 1931: "Types.-Holotype,...Cherokee,
Oklahoma, Salt Plains, June 16, 1930..."; Wilcox, 1960: "Holotype
male and allotype female, Cherokee, Okla., Salt Plains...Specimens have been
seen from the following localities: KANSAS: Clark Co., 1962 ft., June (F.H.
Snow); Nickerson, VI-25 '36 (J.D. Beamer). NEW MEXICO...OKLAHOMA...TEXAS";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Okla.; N, Mex., Tex., Kans.”}
Leptogaster Meigen 1803
[LEPTOGASTRINAE]
brevicornis Loew 1872 {Martin,
1957: “Kansas: Reno Co., June 17,
1941 (R.H. Beamer).”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Tex.; Kans. to Md., s. to Tex.
and Fla.”}
coloradensis James 1937 {Martin,
1957: “Kansas: Ellis Co., June 29,
1950 (R.H. Painter); Sheridan Co., June 9, 1950 (R.H. Painter).”; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “Colo.; S. Dak., Nebr., Kans.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Colo.;
Alta., Mont., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans.”}
flavipes Loew 1862 {Back, 1909: "Habitat.-...Neb.
(type);...Champaign Co., Ill."; Martin, 1957: “Kansas: Wichita, June 20, 1946 (R.H. Beamer).”; Martin, 1965: “Leptogaster flavipes Loew and L. incisuralis Loew occupy almost the same area, ranging from Maine to
Minnesota and southward to Kansas and North Carolina.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Nebr.; Minn. to
Maine, s. to Kans. and Ga.”}
incisuralis Loew 1862 {Martin,
1957: “Kansas: Wichita, June 20, 1946
(R.H. Beamer).”; Martin, 1965: “Leptogaster flavipes Loew and L. incisuralis Loew occupy almost the same area, ranging from Maine to
Minnesota and southward to Kansas and North Carolina.”}
murina Loew 1862 {Back, 1909, as Leptogaster
murinus: "Habitat.-Nebraska (type)' Springview Bridge, Brown Co.,
Nebr. (June 10, 1902); Chicago, Ill..."; Martin, 1957, as L. murinus: “Kansas: Ellis Co., June 9, 1950 (R.H. Painter); Emporia [Lyon Co.],
June 18, 1941; Larned, June 14, 1939 (Michener, Beamer); Manhattan June 14, 1936
(R.H. Painter); Reno Co., June 17, 1941 (R.H. Painter); Sheridan Co., June 9,
1950 (R.H. Painter).”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Nebr.; S. Dak. to Mich., s. to
Tex. and Ark.”; Cole, 1969: "Martin [1957] did not record murinus Loew from west of Kansas and
South Dakota."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Nebr.; S. Dak. to Mich. and
Ohio, s. to Tex. and Ark."}
panda Martin 1957 {Kansas is
type locality; Martin, 1957: “HOLOTYPE:
Male…Emporia, Kansas, June 18, 1941 (R.H. Beamer), in the collection of the
University of Kansas.”; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.”}
Machimus Loew 1849
[ASILINAE: ASILINI]
antimachus (Walker)
1849 {Hine, 1909, as Asilus antimachus: "Common
in...Ohio in late summer. Specimens also from...Kansas,...Missouri.";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Tolmerus
antimachus: “N.Y.; Kans., Mo., Ind., Ohio, Va.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997:
"Kans. to N.Y., s. to Tenn. and Ga.}
delusus (Tucker)
1907 {Crevecoeur, 1905, as Tolmerus annulipes Macq.: “…taken in
heavy timber early in July.”; Tucker, 1907 as Tolmerus annulipes Macq., new variety, delusus: "Kansas, Douglas County; June...Colorado, Colorado
Springs; August...Types in the collection of the University of Kansas.";
Hine, 1909: "Specimens from Kansas and Montana, those from Kansas being
the types... described as a variety of annulipes
Macquart by Tucker whose identification of annulipes
conforms to specimens called snowii
in this paper, as I have determined by a study of the specimens used by Tucker.
I agree that delusus is related to snowii
but has a distinct general color over the entire body, the posterior
side of each femur red and the third antennal segment shorter than in that
species with the arista two thirds as long as the segment which bears
it."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Tolmerus
delusus: “Kans., Colo.; Mont.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans., Colo.; Alta., Mont., Idaho, Wyo.,
Utah, Ariz."}
erythocnemius (Hine) 1909 {Hine, 1909, as Asilus
erythocnemius: "Specimens from...Kans.,...Colo.,..."; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: "...Kans.,...Colo.,...B.C. to Que., s. to Oreg., N. Mex. and
Fla. N. comb."}
formosus (Hine) 1918 {Hine, 1918b; Cole, 1969, states "described from
Kansas specimens"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Asilus formosus: “Kans.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.;
Alta., Mont., s. to Calif. and N. Mex. N.comb."}
notatus (Wiedemann)
1848 [Hine, 1909 as Asilus notatus: "...Mo.,
Kan..."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Tolmerus
notatus: “Kans. to Maine, s. to D.C...”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Kans. to Mich. and Maine, s. to Tex. and
Fla. N.comb."]
prairiensis (Tucker) 1907 {Tucker, 1907, as Tolmerus
prairiensis: "...new species. Kansas, Sedgwick county; August,
collected on prairie. Type: One female specimen in the collection of the
University of Kansas..." ; Hine, 1909: "Specimens are at hand from
Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas...Macquart's description of annulipes from Carolina does not apply
well to any of the robber flies known to me...but does apply to the present
species. There is an older Asilus
annulipes by Brulle from Europe, so the name is not tenable for the
American insect...the conclusion is reached that Tolmerus prairiensis Tucker is the same and being the name next
available becomes the name of the species."; Smith, et al, 1962 as T. prairiensis: " This common
prairie species occurs in late summer and fall..."; Martin and Wilcox,
1965, as T. prairiensis: “Kans.;
Colo., N.Mex., Tex.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.; Colo., N. Mex., Tex., Ohio."}
snowii (Hine) 1909 {Williston, 1893 as Asilus annulatus: “New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Connecticut,
South Dakota, and Kansas.” ; Hine,
1909, as Asilus snowii: " New
name for Asilus annulatus Williston,
which is preoccupied by A. annulatus
Fabricius...Specimens are at hand from...Mo.,...Kans...."; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965, as Tolmerus snowii: “S.
Dak., Kans., N.H., Mass., Conn.; e. N. Amer.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997:
"S. Dak., Kans...Ont. to N.S., s. to Okla. and Fla."}
Mallophora Macquart 1834
[ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
orcina (Wiedemann)
1828 {Cole and Pritchard, 1964: "Specimens examined...KANSAS:
Reno Co., Aug. 31 (Beamer, K.U.); Barber Co. (Beamer, K.U.)...MISSOURI: Ozark
Lake, Sept. 18...Colorado, July 31,..."; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Ga.;
Ind. to Md., s. to Ala. and Fla., Ariz., Tex., Okla."}
Megaphorus Bigot 1857
[ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
acrus (Curran) 1931 {Curran,
1931, as Mallophora acra:
"Holotype, male, allotype, female, and one male and seven female
paratypes, Woods Co., Okla., July 8, 1930, and one female, Major Co., Okla.,
June 27, 1930 (R.D. Bird)"; Cole and Pritchard, 1964, as Mallophorina acra: "...Specimens
examined.-OKLAHOMA: Cherokee Co., Aug. 26...Luget, June 11...Harker Co., July
23...Payne Co., June 5...Woodward Co., Aug. 23...In Pritchard collection...from
the following places in Oklahoma: Grant, Aug. 12-24; Alva, Aug.4; Beaver, July
25-Aug.1; Optima, July 6-9; Millerton, July 13-31; Byron, Aug. 11-14; Ripley,
June 23; "; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Mallophorina acra: “Okla.”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "Okla.;
Kans., N.Mex., Tex., MEX"}
guildiana (Williston)
1885 {Williston, 1885, as Mallophora guildiana, lists "
Western Kansas"; Cole and Pritchard, 1964: "Specimens examined.- OKLAHOMA:
Kenton, July 3-7...KANSAS: Douglas Co. (Snow, K.U.); Phillips Co., July 8,
(Grady, Wilcox)"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965 as Mallophorina guildiana: “Kans.; Mont., N.C.”}
Microstylum Macquart
1838 [STENOPOGONINAE: ENIGMOMORPHINI]
galactodes Loew 1866 {Snow, 1903, as M.
guenelodes [sic – apparently a typographical error] Loew: “Finney county.”;
Back, 1909: "Habitat.-Pecos River, Texas; Kansas; N.M."; Hine, 1918a:
"...it has been taken in several places in Kansas..."; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “N. Mex.; Ariz., Kans., Tex.”; Beckemeyer and Charlton, 2000:
Commanche, Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Seward, and Stanton
counties.}
morosum Loew 1872 {Smith et al, 1962: "...the largest and least
common species mentioned here..."; Beckemeyer and Charlton, 2000: Barber,
Chautauqua, Commanche, Cowley, Geary, Meade, Montgomery, Riley and Sumner
counties.}
Ommatius Wiedemann
1821 [ASILINAE: OMMATIINI]
gemma Brimley 1928 {Bullington
and Lavigne, 1984: "Specimens examined...KANSAS, Riley...OKLAHOMA,
Choctaw..."}
oklahomensis Bullington
and Lavigne 1984 {Bullington and Lavigne, 1984: "Male
Holotype. KANSAS, Montgomery Co., 26-VI-1926, R.H. Beamer, Ommatius tibialis Say, det. J. Wilcox 1935...Female Allotype.
KANSAS, Saline Co., 7-VI-33, C. W. Sabrosky (USNM). Specimens for Fig. 6. Male. MISSOURI, Henry Co., 7 mi. East
Clinton, 28-IV-1973, C.H. Nelson...Female. OKLAHOMA (Alfalfa Co.), Cherokee,
4-VII-1934, A.E. Pritchard...Paratypes. 10 males, 6 females from the following
states and counties: KANSAS, Cowley, Lyon, Montgomery, Reno, Saline, Shawnee,
MISSOURI, Henry, OKLAHOMA, Alfalfa, Craig, Delaware, LeFlore, Marshall,
Pittsburg.”}
ouchitensis Bullington
and Lavigne 1984 {Bullington and Lavigne, 1984: "Male
Holotype, OKLAHOMA (Pushmataha Co.)...Female Allotype, OKLAHOMA (McCurtain
Co.)...Specimens for Fig. 5. Male. KANSAS (Douglas Co.),
Lawrence...Spermacecae. OKLAHOMA (Choctaw Co.)...Paratypes...KANSAS, Atchison,
Cowley, Douglas, Labette...MISSOURI, Boone, Jackson...OKLAHOMA, Choctaw, Delaware,
LeFlore, McCurtain, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha;
TEXAS..."}
Ospriocerus Loew 1866
[STENPOGONINAE: STENOPOGONINI]
abdominalis (Wiedemann)
1828 {Snow, 1903, as O. aeacus Wied.: “Hamilton, Morton,
Logan and Clark counties.”, and as O.
aeacides Loew: “Hamilton and Morton counties.”; Back, 1909,:
"Habitat.-:Sioux Co. (P.R. Jones), Nebr.; Ft. Collins (July 17, 29),
Colorado Springs and Spanish Peaks, Col.; Garden City, Ks. (July); N.M.; Road
Mts., Tex."; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Wash. to Nebr., s. to Calif. and
Tex.”}
aeacidinus (Williston)
1886 {Snow, 1903, as Stenopogon: “Hamilton, Morton, Wallace
and Clark counties.”; Back, 1909, as Stenopogon:
Garden City, Kansas"; Martin, 1968: "Distribution...Kansas (Type
locality); Montana; Nebraska; Texas"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.;
Mont., Colo., Nebr., Tex. N. comb.”}
latipennis (Loew) 1866 {Snow, 1903, as Stenopogon
consanguineus Loew: “Hamilton, Morton and Clark counties.”; Martin, 1968:
"At hand are 42 specimens of Stenopogon
latipennis Loew and Stenopogon
consanguineus Loew from Alberta, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Texas and Wyoming...DISTRIBUTION...UNITED STATES:...Colorado;
Kansas...Nebraska..." }
pumilis
(Coquillett) 1904 {Back;, 1909, as Stenopogon pumilis: "Habitat.-Brownsville,
Tex. (Apr. and May, type); Clark Co., Ks. (June, elev 1962 ft., F.H.
Snow"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965, as Stenopogon
pumilis: “Tex.; Kans.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Tex.; Kans., Okla. N.comb.”}
rhadamanthus Loew 1866 {Crevecoeur, 1905 as O. eutrophus, Pottawatomie County: “This rare and pretty species I
have taken in rank grass on the prairie in July.”; Back, 1909, as O. eutrophus: "Habitat.-Texas;
Kansas"; Martin and Wilcox, 1965,
as O. eutrophus: “Tex.; Kans.”, as O. rhadamanthus: “N. Mex.; Kans., Tex.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: "N. Mex.; Kans., Tex., N. Leon."}
Philonicus Loew 1849
[ASILINAE: ASILINI]
rufipennis Hine 1907 {Tucker, 1909a,b: “Kansas, Lawrence; May and June
(cotypes). Additions to the Kansas
list.”; Hine, 1909: "Specimens
from Douglas County, Kansas, taken in May and June by E.S. Tucker.";
Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Kans.; Ariz., N. Mex., Okla., Ill.”; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: "Kans.; Okla., Iowa, Ill."}
Proctacanthella Bromley
1934 [ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
cacopiloga (Hine) 1909 {Snow, 1903, as Rhadiurgus
cirro-plaque [sic – apparently a typographic error] Will. [sic]: “Finney
and Morton counties.”; Hine, 1909, as Asilus cacopilogus: "Specimens from
Rosser, Texas, taken by F.C. Pratt; Clark County, Kansas, by F.H.
Snow...Ardmore, Oklahoma; Fremont, Nebraska, and from other places in
Texas..."; Smith, et al, 1962: “One of the most common, in Kansas, of the
medium-sized, gray, robber flies with a pointed abdomen...about 5/8 inch in
length and is dull yellowish-gray without any distinctive markings...occurs
along dusty paths or roads and on bare spaces in pastures."; Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “Tex.; Nebr., Kans., Okla., Ill., N.J.”}
leucopogon (Williston)
1893
{Williston, 1893, as Asilus
(Rhadiurgus) leucopogon: “South Dakota and Nebraska.”; Hine, 1909, as Asilus leucopogon: "Specimens are on hand from Pierre, South
Dakota; from Morton County, Kansas, and Bill Williams Fork, Arizona, collected
by F.H. Snow."; Martin and Wilcox,
1965: “S. Dak.; Ariz., Kans., Nebr.”}
Proctacanthus Macquart
1838 [ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
brevipennis (Wiedeman)
1828 {Hine, 1911: "Specimens at
hand from...Kansas..."; Smith et al, 1962; Lavigne et al, 1984, listing
prey records: “Coleoptera: Scarabeidae; Kansas...Orthoptera: Acrididae; Kansas...”}
duryi Hine 1911 {Martin and
Wilcox, 1965: “Ohio; Kans., Ky.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ohio; w. to Kans., s. to Tex. and Tenn.”}
hinei Bromley 1928 {Smith et al, 1962: “These flies are often found in
sand dune regions along the Arkansas river.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ont. to Mass., s. to Tex. and N.C...”}
micans Schiner
1867 {Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Wyo. and Kans., s. to Ariz. and Tex.,
Chih., Coah., Dur., Zac., S.L.P., Aguas., Jal., Puebla”}
milbertii Macquart
1838 {Williston, 1885, lists
"Mo., Kans. A very common species
on the Kansas plains in July and August."; Snow, 1903: “Douglas, Wallace,
Logan and Clark counties.”; Tucker,
1907: "Kansas, Douglas County; August,-Colorado, Colorado Springs;
August."; Hine, 1911: “Specimens from...Kansas,
Missouri...Colorado..."; Bromley,
1949 [vide Lavigne, 1999, personal communication], Smith et al, 1962; Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “U. S., coast to
coast”; Willis, 1967 (p. 207): “I have twice caught asilids eating Cicindela…Proctacanthus milberti [sic] with a C. Formosa.”; Lavigne et
al, 1984, listing prey records: “Diptera:...Scleropogon
sp., Kansas: 2800’; VII-27-11...F. X. Willams, coll...Hymenoptera:...Melissodes obliqua (Say), Kansas: Scott
Co., 2970’...F. X. Williams, coll...Lepidoptera:...Vanessa cardui (L.), Kansas: Clark Co., 1950’; VIII-20-11...F. X.
Williams, coll...Homoptera: Cicadidae; Kansas...Orthoptera:
Acrididae...Kansas...Nebraska...”}
nearno Martin 1962 {Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Ariz.; Calif. to Kans., s. to B.Cal.S. and Coah., Oreg., Idaho,
Dur., S.L.P., Zac.”}
rodecki James 1933 {Martin and Wilcox, 1965: “Colo.; Kans.”; Cole, 1969, "Kansas"; Fisher and
Wilcox, 1997: “Colo.; N.Dak., s. to N. Mex., :Okla. and Tex.”; Lavigne et al,
1984, listing prey records: “Coleoptera:...Cicindela
sp., Kansas: Reno Co., Medora Sand Dunes; VII-3-?...R. H. Painter,
coll...Coleoptera: Scarabeidae; Oklahoma...Orthoptera: Acrididae;
Nebraska...New Mexico...”}
rufus Williston 1885 {Fackler, 1918 is reported in Willis, 1967 (p.206),
as having seen “…a Proctacanthus (near
rufus) catch a…[Cicindela]…repanda,
inserting the proboscis between the elytra to feed…”; Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962
(p. 74): “At Blackjack Creek, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, we took a female [Anoplis] marginalis in the clutches of the asilid fly Proctacanthus rufus Will.”;
Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “N.C.,
Mass.; Iowa to Ohio and Maine, s. to Tex. and Fla.”}
Promachus Loew 1848
[ASILINAE: APOCLEINI]
albifacies Williston,
1885 {Snow, 1903: “Hamilton and Morton counties.”; Martin and Wilcox,
1965: “Ariz.; Calif., Colo., N. Mex..”; Fisher and Wilcox, 1997: “Ariz.; Wyo.
To Calif. And Tex.”}
bastardii (Macquart) 1838 {Snow, 1903: “Douglas county.”;