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Giant Robber Flies

Promachus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Recognized by iNaturalist, NMNH Entomology, NMNH Entomology, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, and Flickr Group

Genus recognized by TreatmentBank and TreatmentBank

Genus recognized by GBIF classification, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Genus recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Andrenosoma Rondani, 1856)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Bactria Meigen, 1820)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Clephydroneura Becker, 1925)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Clinopogon Bezzi, 1910)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Dasophrys Loew, 1857)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Eicherax Bigot, 1857)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Machimus Loew, 1849)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Neolaparus Williston, 1890)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Neolophonotus Engel, 1925)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Phileris Tsacas & Weinberg, 1976)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Promachus Loew, 1848)

Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Promachus rapax Gerstaecker, 1871)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification

Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Asilidae)

Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, GBIF classification, GBIF classification, PBDB in DwCA, NMNH type specimens, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

English

Recognized by Wikidata

Life

Cellular Organisms

Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Protostomia

Ecdysozoa

Arthropoda

Pancrustacea

Hexapoda

Insecta

Pterygota

Neoptera

Endopterygota

Diptera

Brachycera

Asiloidea

Asilidae

Promachus (this page)

Promachus abdominalis Ricardo 1920

Promachus aberrans Paramonov 1931

Promachus absterrens Oldroyd 1960

Promachus acuminatus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus adamsii Ricardo 1920

Promachus addens (Walker 1861)

Promachus aedithus (Walker 1849)

Promachus aegyptiacus Efflatoun 1929

Promachus aequalis Loew 1858

Promachus albicauda Wulp 1872

Promachus albicinctus Ricardo 1900

Promachus albifacies Williston 1885

Promachus albitarsatus (Macquart 1834)

Promachus albopilosus (Macquart 1855)

Promachus aldrichii Hine 1911

Promachus amastrus (Walker 1849)

Promachus amorges (Walker 1849)

Promachus anceps Osten Sacken 1887

Promachus anicius (Walker 1849)

Promachus annularis (Fabricius 1805)

Promachus apicalis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus apivorus (Walker 1860)

Promachus argentipennis Efflatoun 1929

Promachus argentipes Meijere 1913

Promachus argyropus Bezzi 1906

Promachus ater Coquillett 1898

Promachus atrox Bromley 1940

Promachus aurulans Lindner 1955

Promachus barbatus (Doleschall 1857)

Promachus bastardii (Macquart 1838)

Promachus beesoni Ricardo 1921

Promachus bellaridi Martin 1965

Promachus bifasciatus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus binghamensis Ricardo 1921

Promachus binucleatus Bezzi 1908

Promachus bomensis Curran 1927

Promachus bottegoi Corti 1895

Promachus brevipennis Ricardo 1920

Promachus breviusculus Walker 1855

Promachus breviventris Ricardo 1920

Promachus caffer (Macquart 1846)

Promachus calanus (Walker 1851)

Promachus calcaratus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus calorificus (Walker 1859)

Promachus canus (Wiedemann 1818)

Promachus captans (Walker 1851)

Promachus carpenteri (Hobby 1936)

Promachus ceylanicus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus chalcops Speiser 1910

Promachus chinensis Ricardo 1920

Promachus cinctus Bellardi 1861

Promachus cinereus Ricardo 1925

Promachus clausus (Macquart 1846)

Promachus clavigerus Bromley 1931

Promachus complens (Walker 1861)

Promachus condanguineus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus conradti (Hobby 1936)

Promachus contractus (Walker 1851)

Promachus contradicens (Walker 1858)

Promachus cornutus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus cothurnatus (Bigot 1859)

Promachus crassifemoratus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus cristatus Oldroyd 1960

Promachus cypricus (Rondani 1856)

Promachus desmopygus Meijere 1914

Promachus dimidiatus Curran 1927

Promachus djanetianus Seguy 1938

Promachus doddi Ricardo 1913

Promachus duvaucelii (Macquart 1838)

Promachus entebbensis (Hobby 1936)

Promachus enucleatus Karsch 1888

Promachus erythrosceles (Hobby 1936)

Promachus fasciatus (Fabricius 1775)

Promachus felinus Wulp 1872

Promachus fitchii Osten Sacken 1878

Promachus flavifasciatus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus flavopilosus Ricardo 1920

Promachus floccosus Kirby 1884

Promachus forcipatus Schiner 1868

Promachus forfex Osten Sacken 1887

Promachus formosanus Matsumura 1916

Promachus fraterculus (Walker 1855)

Promachus fulvipes (Macquart 1838)

Promachus fulviventris (Becker 1925)

Promachus fuscifemoratus Joseph & Parui 1981

Promachus fuscipennis (Macquart 1846)

Promachus fusiformis (Walker 1856)

Promachus genitalis Joseph & Parui 1987

Promachus ghumtiensis Bromley 1935

Promachus giganteus Hine 1911

Promachus gomerae Frey 1936

Promachus gossypiatus Speiser 1910

Promachus gracilis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus graeffi Schmeltz 1866

Promachus grandis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus griseiventris Becker & Stein 1913

Promachus grisiventris Becker 1913

Promachus guineensis (Wiedemann 1824)

Promachus hastatus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus heteropterus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus hinei Bromley 1931

Promachus hirsutus Ricardo 1925

Promachus hirtiventris (Macquart 1850)

Promachus horishanus Matsumura 1916

Promachus horni Bromley 1935

Promachus hypocaustus Oldroyd 1972

Promachus incisuralis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus indicus Joseph & Parui 1987

Promachus indigenus (Becker 1925)

Promachus inoratus Wulp 1872

Promachus inornatus Wulp 1872

Promachus jabalpurensis Joseph & Parui 1981

Promachus knutsoni Joseph & Parui 1987

Promachus laciniosus Becker 1907

Promachus lateralis (Walker 1860)

Promachus latitarsatus (Macquart & Berthelot 1839)

Promachus lehri Joseph & Parui 1987

Promachus lemur Bromley 1931

Promachus leoninus Loew 1848

Promachus leontochlaenus Loew 1871

Promachus leucopareus Wulp 1872

Promachus leucopygus (Walker 1857)

Promachus leucotrichodes Bigot 1892

Promachus lineosus (Walker 1857)

Promachus macquartii (Rondani 1848)

Promachus maculatus (Fabricius 1775)

Promachus maculosus (Macquart 1834)

Promachus madagascarensis Bromley 1942

Promachus magnus Bellardi 1861

Promachus manilliensis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus marcii (Macquart 1838)

Promachus mediospinosus Speiser 1913

Promachus melampygus Wulp 1872

Promachus mesacanthus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus mesorrhachis (Hobby 1936)

Promachus metoxus (Oldroyd 1939)

Promachus microlabis Loew 1857

Promachus minusculus Hine 1911

Promachus mitescens (Walker 1851)

Promachus mixtus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus mustela Loew 1854

Promachus neavei (Hobby 1936)

Promachus negligens Adams 1905

Promachus nicobarensis Schiner 1868

Promachus nigrialbus Martin 1970

Promachus nigribarbatus (Becker 1925)

Promachus nigripes (Fabricius 1787)

Promachus nigropennipes Hobby 1933

Promachus niveicinctus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus nobilis Osten Sacken 1887

Promachus noninterponens Ricardo 1920

Promachus noscibilis Austen 1915

Promachus nussus Oldroyd 1972

Promachus obscuripes Ricardo 1920

Promachus obscurus Joseph & Parui 1987

Promachus oklahomensis Pritchard 1935

Promachus opacus Becker 1925

Promachus orientalis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus ovatus Martin 1967

Promachus painteri Bromley 1934

Promachus pallidus Ricardo 1921

Promachus pallipennis (Macquart 1855)

Promachus palmensis Frey 1936

Promachus parvus Bromley 1931

Promachus perfectus (Walker 1851)

Promachus perpusilla (Walker 1851)

Promachus philipinus Ricardo 1920

Promachus plutonicus (Walker 1861)

Promachus poetinus (Walker 1849)

Promachus pontifex Karsch 1888

Promachus princeps Williston 1885

Promachus productus (Walker 1851)

Promachus promiscuus (Hobby 1936)

Promachus pseudocontractus Joseph & Parui 1993

Promachus pseudomaculatus Ricardo 1920

Promachus pulchellus Bellardi 1861

Promachus quadratus (Wiedemann 1821)

Promachus quatuorlineatus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus ramakrishnai Bromley 1939

Promachus rapax Gerstaecker 1871

Promachus raptor Austen 1915

Promachus rectangularis Loew 1854

Promachus rex Karsch 1888

Promachus robertii (Macquart 1838)

Promachus rondanii Oldroyd 1975

Promachus rubripes (Macquart 1834)

Promachus ruepelli Loew 1854

Promachus rueppelli Loew 1854

Promachus rufescens Ricardo 1920

Promachus rufibarbis (Macquart 1848)

Promachus rufihumeralis Hobby 1933

Promachus rufimystaceus (Macquart 1850)

Promachus rufipes (Fabricius 1775)

Promachus rufoangulatus (Macquart 1838)

Promachus rufotibialis (Hobby 1936)

Promachus sackeni Hine 1911

Promachus scalaris Loew 1858

Promachus scotti (Oldroyd 1940)

Promachus scutellatus (Macquart 1834)

Promachus senegalensis (Macquart 1838)

Promachus simpsoni Ricardo 1920

Promachus sinaiticus Efflatoun 1934

Promachus smithi Parui & Joseph 1994

Promachus snowi (Hobby 1940)

Promachus sokotrae Ricardo 1903

Promachus speiseri (Hobby 1936)

Promachus spissibarbis (Macquart 1846)

Promachus subsitula (Walker 1851)

Promachus subtilis Bromley 1935

Promachus superfluus Oldroyd 1972

Promachus tasmanensis (Macquart 1847)

Promachus testacipes (Macquart 1855)

Promachus tewfiki Efflatoun 1929

Promachus tewfikis Efflatoun 1929

Promachus texanus Bromley 1934

Promachus titan (Carrera 1959)

Promachus transactus (Walker 1864)

Promachus transvaalensis Hobby 1933

Promachus trichonotus (Wiedemann 1828)

Promachus trichozonus Loew 1858

Promachus triflagellatus Frey 1923

Promachus tristis Bigot 1892

Promachus truquii Bellardi 1861

Promachus turinus (Walker 1849)

Promachus ugandiensis Ricardo 1920

Promachus varipes (Macquart 1838)

Promachus venatrix (Hobby 1936)

Promachus venustus Carrera & Andretta 1950

Promachus versicolor (Hobby 1936)

Promachus vertebratus (Say 1823)

Promachus vexator Becker 1908

Promachus viridiventris (Macquart 1855)

Promachus westermannii (Macquart 1838)

Promachus wiedemanni Schiner 1867

Promachus wollastoni (Hobby 1936)

Promachus xanthostoma Wulp 1872

Promachus xanthotrichus Bezzi 1908

Promachus yepezi (Carrera & Machado-Allison 1963)

Promachus yerburiensis Ricardo 1920

Promachus yesonicus Bigot 1887

Promachus zenkeri (Hobby 1936)

Afroestricus

Afroholopogon

Afromelittodes

Alcimus

Alvarenga

Anarolius

Anoplothyrea

Anypodetus

Aphestia

Apolastauroides

Apotinocerus

Araiopogon

Araujoa

Archilestroides

Argillemisca

Argyrochira

Atonia

Atractia

Austrosaropogon

Bactria

Bathropsis

Beameromyia

Brevirostrum

Bromleyus

Bromotheres

Caenarolia

Ceraturgus

Cerotainia

Cerotainiops

Chrysotriclis

Chymedax

Cleptomyia

Clinopogon

Cnodalomyia

Creolestes

Cyanonedys

Cyrtopogon

Dasyllina

Dasyllis

Dinozabrus

Dysmachus

Empodiodes

Enigmomorphus

Epaphroditus

Epitriptus

Eraxasilus

Eucyrtopogon

Eutolmus

Gerrolasius

Gibbasilus

Habropogon

Heligmonevra

Hermannomyia

Heteropogon

Hoplotriclis

Icariomima

Jothopogon

Lamprozona

Lamyra

Lastaurax

Lastauroides

Lestomyia

Lochmorhynchus

Lochyrus

Loewinella

Lycoprosopa

Maira

Mercuriana

Negasilus

Neoderomyia

Neolophonotus

Neophoneus

Nyssomyia

Odus

Oligoschema

Pedomyia

Philonicus

Phonicocleptes

Plesiomma

Proagonistes

Proctacanthus

Prolatiforceps

Prytanomyia

Pseudomerodontina

Pycnopogon

Questopogon

Rachiopogon

Rhacholaemus

Scylaticina

Stenopogon

Stilpnogaster

Stiphrolamyra

Taperigna

Taracticus

Theurgus

Tolmerus

Trigonomima

Triorla

Wilcoxius

Willistonina

409 additional siblings truncated for brevity.

See the resource file for a full list.