• The Asilidae are excellent flyers, and in most of the family, capture prey in flight. They are often seen stationed to ambush prey at strategic points.
  • Suikastçi Sinekler (Asilidae). Oldukça kuvvetli bir anatomiye sahip, avcı bir sinek (Diptera) üyesidir. Hortum (proboscis) denilen ağız uzantısı kısa ve keskindir.
  • Asilidae (“robber flies” or “assassin flies”) is the 3rd most speciose family taxon of Diptera with more than 7,500 described species.
  • meadows are more powerful predators than the adults: The Asilidae is one of the largest families of Diptera which includes four subfamilies and eight tribes.
  • HULL (1962): "The ROBBER FLIES, or ASILIDAE, comprise one of the largest and most abundant families of present day insects.
  • The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking...
  • Asilidae. View Genera Gallery View Lateral Gallery. Callinicus pollenius.
    • In book: Diptera of Podyjí National Park and its Environs (pp.144-150)
    • Chapter: Asilidae
  • Find out information about Asilidae. The robber flies, a family of predatory, orthorrhaphous, dipteran insects in the series Brachycera.