Afrotropical Asilidae species catalog
Species catalog of 1,703 valid Afrotropical Asilidae species (1,991 names including 241 synonyms, 13 homonyms, 32 nomina nuda, and 2 unavailable names). There are 27 species that have not, for a variety of reasons, been assigned to any Afrotropical genus (Oldroyd 1980: 373 lists 14 unplaced species, Londt and Dikow 2017: 48 list 22 unplaced species). In all instances, the type specimens require re-examination and at least some of these appear to have been lost. A search by subfamily "unplaced" will show these species below.
This online catalog is based on the Afrotropical catalog by Oldroyd (1980), was kept up-to-date by Jason Londt until 2016, and is now updated by Torsten Dikow.
Last updated on 18 Nov 2020.
Displaying 1703 records.|
Acasilus tigrimontis Londt, 2005: 44 valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0148039.pdf occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828: 403) valid
Willistonininae
type locality: South Africa: Capland
type depository: ZMHB-L1M
junior synonym(s): Dasypogon quadratus Wiedemann, 1828, Acnephalum punctipennis Macquart, 1855, Acnephalum cockerelli Curran, 1934, Sisyrnodytes sericeus Oldroyd, 1974 distribution: South Africa, Namibia
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504888 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Acnephalomyia dorsalis (Macquart, 1838: 52) valid
Willistonininae
type locality: South Africa: Olifants River (view on map 31°27'00''S 018°32'00''E)
type depository: OXUM-L1M
distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) observation records in nature at iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1125671-Acnephalomyia-dorsalis |
Acnephalomyia eremia Londt, 2010: 451 valid
Willistonininae
type locality: Namibia: The Far East, 15 km NW (view on map 23°46'00''S 015°47'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: Namibia
article original: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Acnephalomyia iota Londt, 2010: 452 valid
Willistonininae
type locality: South Africa: Brandkop, 3 km SW (view on map 31°15'00''S 019°11'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa, Namibia
article original: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Acnephalomyia leukoros Londt, 2010: 453 valid
Willistonininae
type locality: South Africa: Witteberge (view on map 33°17'54''S 020°19'24''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Acnephalomyia platygaster (Loew, 1858: 338) valid
Willistonininae
type locality: Namibia: Swakop
type depository: NHRS-H1M
distribution: South Africa, Namibia
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15959408 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Acnephalomyia prolobos Londt, 2010: 457 valid
Willistonininae
type locality: South Africa: Ochta Mine, 40 km S (view on map 28°18'00''S 017°04'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0212 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus abyssinia Scarbrough, 2005: 16 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Ethiopia:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Ethiopia
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus chiastoneurus (Speiser, 1910: 105) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository: NHRS
junior synonym(s): Ommatius senex Bromley, 1936 distribution: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus eminentis Scarbrough, 2005: 20 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Mozambique, Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus flavipes (Loew, 1858: 367) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
junior synonym(s): Ommatius minutus Bromley, 1936 distribution: Botswana, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967211 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus fulaui Scarbrough, 2005: 23 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Gambia:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Senegal, Gambia
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus hamulus Scarbrough, 2005: 25 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus insectaris Scarbrough, 2005: 28 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: CAS
distribution: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus kimerus Scarbrough, 2005: 30 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Kenya, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus luki Tomasovic and De Bakker, 2010: 57 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: ISNB
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus macroscelis (Bezzi, 1906: 292) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Eritrea:
type depository: MZUF
distribution: Eritrea
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus morani Scarbrough, 2005: 39 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Tanzania, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus persuasus (Oldroyd, 1960: 306) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |