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Taxonomy
Asilus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Asilinae, Asilici, Asilini.
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Asilici by Latreille (1802); to Asilinae by James (1939), Hull (1962) and Zhang (1989); to Asilidae by Aldrich (1905), Cockerell (1909), Cockerell (1921), Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); and to Asilini by Dikow (2009).
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Asilici by Latreille (1802); to Asilinae by James (1939), Hull (1962) and Zhang (1989); to Asilidae by Aldrich (1905), Cockerell (1909), Cockerell (1921), Pongrácz (1931) and Carpenter (1992); and to Asilini by Dikow (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Asilus Linnaeus p. 605 |
| 1761 | Asilus Linnaeus p. 469 |
| 1762 | Asilus Geoffroy p. 465 |
| 1763 | Asilus Scopoli p. 363 |
| 1764 | Asilus Müller p. 87 |
| 1766 | Asilus Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Asilus Linnaeus p. 1006 |
| 1775 | Asilus Fabricius p. 791 |
| 1776 | Asilus Müller p. 180 |
| 1796 | Asilus Latreille p. 157 |
| 1802 | Asilus Latreille p. 433 |
| 1850 | Asilus angustifrons Loew p. 40 |
| 1905 | Asilus Aldrich p. 282 |
| 1909 | Asilus Cockerell |
| 1921 | Asilus Cockerell |
| 1931 | Asilus Pongrácz p. 124 |
| 1939 | Asilus James p. 42 |
| 1962 | Asilus Hull p. 23 |
| 1989 | Asilus Zhang p. 362 |
| 1992 | Asilus Carpenter |
| 2009 | Asilus Dikow p. 99 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Asilus Linnaeus 1758
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†Asilus amelanchieris Cockerell 1911
†Asilus angustialius Zhang 1989
†Asilus antiquus Heer 1849
†Asilus bicolor Heer 1849
†Asilus brunneitibius Zhang 1989
†Asilus curculionis Melander 1946
†Asilus deperditus Heer 1849
†Asilus florissantinus James 1939
†Asilus gurnetensis Cockerell 1921
†Asilus palaeolestes Cockerell 1921
†Asilus peritulus Cockerell 1909
†Asilus sannoisiensis Meunier 1915
†Asilus trichurus Meunier 1899
†Asilus wickhami Cockerell 1915
Invalid names: Asilus angustifrons Loew 1850 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available