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.|
Afroestricus sadaukii Scarbrough, 2005: 44 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Nigeria:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Ghana, Nigeria
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus sankofa Scarbrough, 2005: 47 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Gambia:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Gambia
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus variabilis (Engel, 1929: 158) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZSMC
junior synonym(s): Ommatius bevisi Bromley, 1947, Ommatius munroi Bromley, 1936 distribution: Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus varipes (Curran, 1927: 14) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: AMNH
junior synonym(s): Ommatius garambensis Oldroyd, 1970 distribution: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus velatus Scarbrough, 2005: 57 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Nigeria:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus verutus Scarbrough, 2005: 61 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus victus Scarbrough, 2005: 63 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository: CAS
distribution: Kenya, Tanzania
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroestricus vittatus (Curran, 1927: 13) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: AMNH
distribution: Angola, Chad, Gabon, Mali, Senegal, Uganda, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroestricus vorax Scarbrough, 2005: 68 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Niger:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Uganda, Niger
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon africanus (Ricardo, 1925: 275) valid
Brachyrhopalinae
original combination: Cyrtopogon africanus (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1994: 64) type locality: South Africa:
type depository: SAMC
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroholopogon anassa Londt, 2005: 209 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Swaziland, Sierra Leone
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon argos Londt, 2005: 210 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroholopogon aspros Londt, 2005: 211 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon capensis (Lindner, 1961: 6) valid
Brachyrhopalinae
original combination: Heteropogon capensis (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1994: 64) type locality: South Africa:
type depository: SMNS
junior synonym(s): Holopogon tomentosus Oldroyd, 1974 distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroholopogon chirundu Londt, 2005: 215 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon dasys Londt, 2005: 216 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: Oman:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Eritrea, Oman
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroholopogon fugax (Loew, 1858: 350) valid
Brachyrhopalinae
original combination: Holopogon fugax (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1994: 64) type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
distribution: Namibia, South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967194 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon futilis (Wulp, 1899: 87) valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: Yemen:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Yemen
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Afroholopogon mauros Londt, 2005: 218 valid
Brachyrhopalinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Afroholopogon meilloni (Oldroyd, 1974: 67) valid
Brachyrhopalinae
original combination: Rhabdogaster meilloni (comb. nov. sensu Londt 2005: 220) type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.437797 article most recent: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84542 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |