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.|
Damalis drilus Londt, 1989: 86 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis elongatus Hull, 1962: 55 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis femoralis Ricardo, 1925: 247 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis furcula Londt, 1989: 92 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis heterocera (Wiedemann, 1821: 182) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZMHB
junior synonym(s): Dasypogon anomalus Wiedemann, 1821, Damalis capensis Wiedemann, 1828 distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis hirtiventris Macquart, 1846: 222 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
junior synonym(s): Discocephala imbuta Walker, 1854, Lophurodamalis natalensis Curran, 1934 distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis hyalipennis Macquart, 1846: 223 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository:
distribution: Mozambique, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis knysna Londt, 1989: 104 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis longipennis Loew, 1858: 354 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967198 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis monochaetes Londt, 1989: 107 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis neavei Londt, 1989: 109 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis pollinosa Ricardo, 1925: 249 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Damalis pallinota Hermann, 1926, Damalis maxima Hermann, 1926, Xenomyza taciturna Oldroyd, 1970 distribution: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis poseidon (Oldroyd, 1970: 291) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis pulchella Bromley, 1952: 20 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: DMSA
distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis quasimodo (Oldroyd, 1960: 275) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: BMNH MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis scutellata (Oldroyd, 1970: 292) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Damalis simplex Curran, 1934: 9 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: AMNH
distribution: Malawi, Zimbabwe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis speciosa Loew, 1858: 353 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967198 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) observation records in nature at iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/661160-Damalis-speciosa |
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Damalis sphekodes Londt, 1989: 128 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Damalis turneri Londt, 1989: 129 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |