A REVISED CHECKLIST OF THE ROBBER FLY GENERA ( DIPTERA , ASILIDAE ) FROM

A revised checklist of the robber fly genera (Diptera, Asilidae) was given during this study in Iraq. The investigation showed (21) genera belonging to seven subfamilies, two genera new recorded to entomofauna of Iraq (Promachus Loew, 1848 and Genus: Dysmacus Loew, 1860). Eight genera showed in this investigation and eleven genera were recorded previously to Iraq.

Bull.Iraq nat.Hist. Mus. (2017) 14 (1): 215-222 A REVISED CHECKLIST OF THE ROBBER FLY GENERA (DIPTERA, ASILIDAE) FROM IRAQ Hanaa H. Al -Saffar Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum / University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq Email: hanaahani2014@gmail.com INTRODUCTION Asilidae is one of the most important families of order Diptera and called robber flies which belonging to super family Asiloidea likely originated close to 200 million years ago (Wiegmann et al., 2003).Adults of this family attack insects of the most orders, such as: bees, other flies, Odonata, dragonflies and Homoptera, grasshoppers; even some spiders are eaten by the robber flies (Lavigne et al., 1978;Lavigne, 2001).
Robber flies are particularly abundant in space, dry and sunny shining localities, which get best conditions in which to show their many forms and behaviors (Shurovnekov, 1962).Females deposit egg, white / yellow and brown on low-lying plants and some weeds, in the sand, bark or wood.The larval growth is good in hottest regions but many asilid members live no longer than one year (Cannings, 1998;Geller-Grimm, 2005).

MATERIAS AND METHODS
Many specimens of robber flies were collected by sweeping net in various habitats from several regions of Iraq during 2016; also I used the unidentified species that stored in Iraq Natural History Museum.Then the flies were killed by freezing for 24 hours.Specimens were mounted with insect pin and kept in insect collection boxes till diagnosed.Used several taxonomic keys identification and diagnosed genera such as: Engel, 1930;Curran, 1965;Geller Grimm 2003b, 2008;Londt, 2005;Lehr et al. 2007 andHayat et al. 2008.The specimens were deposited in Department of Entomology and Invertebrates, Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this study the survey showed 10 genera belonging to 6 subfamilies; also the other genera that have not been gotten throughout the period of the current work were referred to them and global distribution had been as fallow: 1. Subfamily: Apocelinae Papavero, 1973 Genus: Apoclea Macquarit, 1838 In Iraq this genus represented as Apoclea femoralis (Wiedemann, 1828) recorded by Janssens (1961) and El-Haidari et al. (1972) as Apoclea sp.Distribution: Afrotropical, Oriemntal and Palearctic regions (Geller-Grimm, 2003a).Material Examined: Two male specimens were collected from Baghdad on 15 April 2016.
Genus: Promachus Loew, 1848 Distribution: Australian, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Nearctic, Oriental and Palearctic regions (Geller-Grimm, 2003a).Material Examined: as Promucus sp.two male specimens examined which collected from Dohuk province and stored in Iraq Natural History on August 2013.This genus as new record for Iraq.

Genus: Dysmacus Loew, 1860
Distribution: Neotropical and Palearctic Regions (Geller-Grimm, 2003a) Material examined: There were two male specimens which collected from Baghdad at June 2016, this genus as a new record to Iraq.

LITERATURE CITED
Artigas, J.N. and Papavero, N. 1988.The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.II.Key to genera of Dasypogoninae Macquart, with description of new genera and species and new synonymies.Gayana Zoologica, 52: 199-260.