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Taxon: Genus Asilus Linnaeus, 1758 (fly)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Diptera - (Family) Asilidae

Original position

Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

*Asilidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802
*Asilinae* (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Original entries

*Asilus ater* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus barbarus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus crabroniformis* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus forcipatus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus germanicus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus gibbosus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus gilvus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus marginatus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus maurus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus morio* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus oelandicus* Linnaeus, 1758
*Asilus tipuloides* Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Asilinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Alternative positions

*Asilidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: 1998: 26 Sep 2008.
*Diptera* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1006.

Historical positions

*Asilidae* (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 601.
*Diptera* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 1006.
*Diptera* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 605.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[12s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[12s]

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