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.|
Dasypogon tragicus Wiedemann, 1828: 400 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZMUC
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504885 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dichaetothyrea calvifrons Londt, 1982: 224 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dichropogon tenebrosus Bosák and Hradsky, 2011: 741 valid
Stichopogoninae
type locality: United Arab Emirates: Wadi Shawkah (view on map 25°06'00''N 056°02'00''E)
type depository: ZMUC
distribution: United Arab Emirates
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dikowmyia mediorus Londt, 2002: 47 valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC84489 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dioctobroma flavoterminatum Hull, 1962: 163 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Botswana:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Namibia, Botswana
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dioctria stigmatizans Fabricius, 1805: 152 valid unplaced
unplaced
type locality: Mauritius:
type depository: ZMUC
distribution: Mauritius
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Dogonia saegeri Oldroyd, 1970: 269 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
junior synonym(s): Dogonia nigra Oldroyd, 1970 distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.049.0104 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Dysclytus firmatus (Walker, 1857: 130) valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Dysclytus spurcus Loew, 1858 distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Emphysomera atrogaster (Bigot, 1859: 420) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Emphysomera auribarbis (Wiedemann, 1828: 423) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Sierra Leone:
type depository: ZMHB
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique, Uganda, Sierra Leone
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504908 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14504485 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Emphysomera pallidapex (Bigot, 1891: 372) valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Côte d'Ivoire:
type depository: OXUM
junior synonym(s): Ommatius macquarti Bezzi, 1908, Ommatius haemorrhoidalis Lindner, 1955 distribution: Botswana, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Emphysomera spinalis Scarbrough and Marascia, 1996: 209 valid
Ommatiinae
type locality: Kenya:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Chad, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Kenya
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972: 637 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa: Alicedale (view on map 33°19'00''S 26°05'00''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M (unique specimen identifier NHMUK010628725)
distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Empodiodes melanoscopaeus Londt, 1992: 59 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa: Sutherland, 18 km N (view on map 32°16'00''S 020°41'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier NMSA-DIP-74274)
distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Empodiodes namibiensis Londt, 2012: 260 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: Namibia: Epupa, 35 km E (view on map 17°03'31''S 013°29'32''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier NMSA-DIP-74281)
distribution: Namibia
article original: https://doi.org/10.4001/003.020.0213 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Empodiodes pusillipes Londt, 2019: 73 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa: Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve (view on map 33°55'01''S 19°52'43''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier NMSA-DIP-81678)
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Empodiodes torridus Londt, 2019: 75 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa: Van Wyk's Fontein (view on map 30°38'00''S 025°23'00''E)
type depository: BMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier BMSA(D)01390)
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Empodiodes whittingtoni Londt, 1992: 62 valid
Stenopogoninae
type locality: South Africa: Middelpos, 23 km SE (view on map 32°01'00''S 20°25'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier NMSA-DIP-74273)
distribution: South Africa
article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.33075 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Erax albiceps Macquart, 1850: 385 valid
Asilinae
type locality: 'Afrique' ?North Africa:
type depository: MNHN
distribution:
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Erax costalis (Wulp, 1899: 95) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Yemen:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Yemen
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |