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Parent Taxon

• Asilidae

Sibling Taxa

• Adelodus
• Aphestia
• Atomosia
• Atomosiella
• Atoniomyia
• Atractia
• Bathropsis
• Bromotheres
• Cerotainia
• Cyanonedys
• Eumecosoma
• Goneccalypsis
• Hybozelodes
• Loewinella
• Oidardis
• Orthogonis
• Smeryngolaphria

Child Taxa

• Atomosia anonyma
• Atomosia beckeri
• Atomosia bigoti
• Atomosia glabrata
• Atomosia macquarti
• Atomosia melanopogon
• Atomosia mucida
• Atomosia mucidoides
• Atomosia puella
• Atomosia rica
• Atomosia rufipes
• Atomosia sayii
• Atomosia sericans
• Atomosia tibialis

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