Choerades

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Laphriinae
Tribus: Laphriini
Genus: Choerades
Species:
Choerades amurensis
Choerades analogos Londt & Dikow, 2019
Choerades aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Choerades auricorpus (Hobby, 1948)
Choerades bella Loew, 1858
Choerades ctenoventris (Oldroyd, 1970)
Choerades flavipes Wiedemann, 1821
Choerades fortipes (Walker, 1857)
Choerades hera (Bromley, 1935)
Choerades japonicus
Choerades komurai
Choerades metalli (Walker, 1851)
Choerades multipunctata Oldroyd, 1974
Choerades nigrescens J.G.H.Loodt, 1977
Choerades nigrescens Ricardo, 1925
Choerades nigrovittatus
Choerades ricardoi (Bromley, 1935)
Choerades rueppelii (Wiedemann, 1828)
Choerades schoutedeni (Bromley, 1935)
Choerades xuansonensis Tomasovic & Bartolozzi, 2018Name

Choerades Walker, 1851

References

Walker, F. 1851. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London. pp. 261–636. BHL Reference page.
Londt, J.G.H. & Dikow, T. 2019. A review of Southern African Choerades Walker, 1851 with the description of a new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae). African Invertebrates, 60(1): 31–65. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 Reference page.

Links

ION
Choerades – Taxon details on Nomenclator Zoologicus (NZ).

Choerades is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae.

Description

Genus Choerades is closely related to the genera Laphria and Bombomima. They can mainly be distinguished by genitalic differences in males, as the shape of the upper forceps or the evolution of lamellae from the fusion of bristles, but also for the length of hairs and bristles on the facial gibbosity. The adults' average sizes reach 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in). These robber flies are quite hairy, their body is usually black, while the bee-mimicking abdomen shows black and yellow stripes. They generally prey on insects of a variety of species, including flies, bees, wasps and beetles.
Distribution

The species of this genus are distributed in most of Europe, the Eastern Palearctic realm, the Near East, and the Nearctic realm.
Species
Choerades sp. preys a ladybug

Choerades castellanii (Hradský, 1962)
Choerades dioctriaeformis (Meigen, 1820)
Choerades femorata (Meigen, 1804)
Choerades fimbriata (Meigen, 1820)
Choerades fortunata Baez & Weinberg, 1981
Choerades fuliginosa (Panzer, 1798)
Choerades fulva (Meigen, 1804)
Choerades gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Choerades ignea (Meigen, 1820)
Choerades lapponica (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Choerades loewi (Lehr, 1992)
Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Choerades mouchai Hradský, 1985
Choerades rufipes (Fallén, 1814)
Choerades venatrix (Loew, 1847)

References

Fauna Europaea Fritz Geller-Grimm & M. * J. Smart - Provisional key to the Central European species of the genus Choerades Walker
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Nagatomi Akira - Japanese Journal of Entomology The Status of the Genera Laphria, Choerades and Bombomima
Norman T. Baker and Roland L. Fisher - Michigan Entomological Society 1975 A Taxonomic and Ecologic Study of the Asilidae of Michigan
Eugène A. SÉGUY - Diptères-Brachycères. Asilidae, etc. (Faune de France. vol. 17.)