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.|
Dasophrys swazi Londt, 1981: 687 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Swaziland:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Swaziland
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dasophrys tarsalis (Ricardo, 1920: 380) valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Dysmachus flavopilosus Ricardo, 1920 distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dasophrys umbripennis Londt, 1981: 689 valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Daspletis hermanni (Ricardo, 1925: 249) valid
Stenopogoninae
original combination: Microstylum hermanni (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1983: 288) type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Daspletis salicior Oldroyd, 1974 distribution: South Africa
treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/506A1E24-E048-BC73-FEE7-F7E8F79C52F7 article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Daspletis hirtus Ricardo, 1925: 263 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Daspletis lykos Londt, 1985: 68 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Namibia:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Namibia
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Daspletis placodes Londt, 1983: 293 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11781 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Daspletis setithoracicus (Ricardo, 1925: 264) valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) observation records in nature at iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/661247-Daspletis-setithoracicus |
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Daspletis spatula Tomasovic and Constant, 2013: 172 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Namibia:
type depository: ISNB
distribution: Namibia
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Daspletis stenoura Londt, 1983: 295 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11781 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Daspletis vespertilio Engel, 1932: 267 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: SMNS
distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Daspletis vulpes Loew, 1858: 337 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Botswana:
type depository:
distribution: Botswana
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15959407 treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/506A1E24-E040-BC7A-FEED-FAD4F7D05F83 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.051.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dasyllina fulvithorax Bromley, 1935: 412 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dasypogon aequalis Walker, 1857: 127 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: South Africa:
type depository:
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dasypogon atripennis Macquart, 1834: 295 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: Senegal:
type depository:
distribution: Senegal
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.4001/003.018.0210 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dasypogon caffer Wiedemann, 1828: 394 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZMUC
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504879 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dasypogon carvilius Walker, 1849: 341 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: ?Povenance unknown:
type depository:
distribution:
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38706052 article original: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119308 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dasypogon fossius Walker, 1849: 366 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: :
type depository:
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38706077 article original: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119308 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dasypogon lenticeps Thomson, 1869: 464 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: South Africa:
type depository:
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dasypogon reinhardi Wiedemann, 1824: 27 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZMUC
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |