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.|
Erax nigrotinctus (Becker, 1909: 114) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Kenya:
type depository:
distribution: Kenya
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Eremisca heleni (Efflatoun, 1934: 140) valid
Asilinae
original combination: Cerdistus heleni (comb. nov. sensu Lehr 1987: ) type locality: Egypt:
type depository:
distribution: United Arab Emirates
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Ericomyia atomentosa (Oldroyd, 1960: 281) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
article original: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0115 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia acuminata Dikow, 2003: 16 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Namibia: Auasberge (view on map 22°44'00''S 017°00'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa, Angola, Namibia
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661236 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia adusta Dikow, 2003: 18 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Cameroon: Johann-Albrechtshöhe (view on map 04°39'00''N 009°25'00''E)
type depository: ZMHB-H1M
distribution: Cameroon, Uganda, Gabon
distribution notes: questionable in Zimbabwe article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661225 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia anthrax Janssens, 1957: 2 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Botswana: Tsessebe (view on map 20°45'00''S 027°34'00''E)
type depository: NHMB-H1M
distribution: South Africa, Botswana, Malawi
occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661223 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia artaphernes (Speiser, 1910: 83) valid
Leptogastrinae
original combination: Leptogaster artaphernes (comb. nov. sensu Oldroyd 1939: 28) type locality: Tanzania: Kibongoto (view on map 03°10'00''S 037°05'00''E)
type depository: NHRS-L1M
distribution: South Africa, Tanzania, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guinea
occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661209 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia atrata Dikow, 2003: 27 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mount Moyo, Garamba National Park (view on map 04°30'00''N 029°48'00''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661200 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia bechuana Dikow, 2003: 21 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Botswana: Serowe (view on map 22°22'00''S 026°43'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661213 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia bequaerti Janssens, 1957: 5 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Elisabethville (= Lubumbashi) (view on map 11°39'00''S 027°28'00''E)
type depository: ISNB-H1?
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Malawi
occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661199 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia bicolor Janssens, 1954: 123 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lusinga, Upemba National Park (view on map 08°55'00''S 027°11'00''E)
type depository: MRAC-H1M
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe
occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661267 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia bishariensis Efflatoun, 1937: 420 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Sudan: Elba (view on map 21°10'00''N 036°35'00''E)
type depository: (? type lost)
distribution: Eritrea, Sudan
occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661238 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia brunnea (Loew, 1858: 353) valid
Leptogastrinae
original combination: Leptogaster brunneus (comb. nov. sensu Dikow 2003: 30) type locality: South Africa: 'Caffraria' (view on map 28°00'00''S 029°00'00''E)
type depository: NHRS-H1?
junior synonym(s): Leptogaster globopyga Hull, 1967 distribution: South Africa, Botswana
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967197 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/9844069 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia cacula Dikow, 2003: 40 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Angola: Cacula, 16 km N (view on map 14°29'00''S 014°06'00''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M
distribution: Angola
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia cana Dikow, 2003: 32 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: South Africa: Bloemfontein (view on map 29°07'00''S 026°11'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661269 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia capensis Dikow, 2003: 34 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: South Africa: Witzenberg Valley (view on map 33°20'00''S 019°30'00''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M
distribution: South Africa
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661258 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia castanea Janssens, 1954: 124 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lusinga, Upemba National Park (view on map 08°55'00''S 027°11'00''E)
type depository: MRAC-H1F
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia crena Dikow, 2003: 43 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Kenya: Sultan Hamud, 17 km SE (view on map 02°04'00''S 037°28'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M
distribution: Kenya
article original: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.32467 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661244 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Euscelidia datis (Walker, 1849: 483) valid
Leptogastrinae
original combination: Leptogaster datis (comb. nov. sensu Hermann 1926: 147) type locality: Sierra Leone: 'Sierra Leone' (view on map 08°47'00''N 011°48'00''W)
type depository: BMNH-L1?
junior synonym(s): Lasiocnemus pilipes Curran, 1927 distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38706194 article original: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119308 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661215 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Euscelidia discors Speiser, 1913: 141 valid
Leptogastrinae
type locality: Cameroon: Douala (view on map 04°02'00''N 009°42'00''E)
type depository: (? type lost)
distribution: Cameroon
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33049602 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33049592 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1661203 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |