Laphystia

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: Dasypogoninae
Tribus: Laphystiini
Genera: Laphystia

Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.[1][2][3][4]
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,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Laphystia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
"Browse Laphystia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
"Laphystia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

"Laphystia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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.