Asilinae Latreille, 1802

Young, Charles L., 2006, Robber flies of South Korea — II. South Korean species of the Subfamily Asilinae Latreille, 1802 (Diptera, Asilidae), Zootaxa 1132, pp. 1-30 : 3

Subfamily Asilinae Latreille, 1802

Asilici Latreille, 1802 Latreille 1802: 432.

Type genus: Asilus Linnaeus, 1758: 605 .

Type species: Asilus crabroniformis Linnaeus, 1758 .

The subfamily Asilinae is characterized by the bare, simple antennal style; the wing’s closed and stalked marginal cell and two submarginal cells; setose anatergites; the unrotated male genitalia; and the elongated female ovipositor. In the South Korean species recorded, the male aedeagus is three pronged, or trifid at apices. Aneomochtherus sinensis has a reduced facial gibbosity. The female cercus of Philonicus albiceps is the only member of the subfamily with spines.