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.|
Pegesimallus pedunculatus Loew, 1858: 343 valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
junior synonym(s): Laparus cuneatus Loew, 1858, Laparus gracilipes Loew, 1858, Laparus faustus Karsch, 1886, Neolaparus atrox Bromley, 1931, Neolaparus diasi Oldroyd, 1959, Neolaparus ferroxidus Hull, 1967 distribution: Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967187 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus polistoides Oldroyd, 1960: 266 valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Pegesimallus polygramma Speiser, 1924: 145 valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository: ?BMNH
junior synonym(s): Neolaparus trifasciatus Oldroyd, 1939, Neolaparus urundianus Janssens, 1953 distribution: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus pulchriventris (Loew, 1858: 342) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NHRS
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967186 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Pegesimallus rubrifemoratus (Bromley, 1935: 414) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MCZ
distribution: Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus rufus (Bromley, 1936: 145) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: NMSA
junior synonym(s): Neolaparus sepiapennis Hull, 1967 distribution: Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Pegesimallus saeptus (Oldroyd, 1960: 267) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus silaceus (Hermann, 1907: 66) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZSMC
junior synonym(s): Neolaparus pollinosus Bromley, 1936 distribution: Zimbabwe, South Africa
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Pegesimallus snowi Londt, 2010: 338 valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Gambia:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Gambia
article original: https://doi.org/10.4001/003.018.0210 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus teratodes (Hermann, 1906: 141) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Kenya:
type depository: ZSMC
distribution: Kenya
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Pegesimallus vansoni Londt, 1980: 330 valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: NMSA
distribution: Zimbabwe
article original: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Pegesimallus videns (Walker, 1851: 93) valid
Dasypogoninae
type locality: 'Africa':
type depository: BMNH
distribution:
article most recent: http://hdl.handle.net/10499/AJ543 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Perasis carpenteri Oldroyd, 1970: 245 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Uganda: Bunyoro (view on map 01°26'00''N 031°20'42''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M
distribution: Burundi, Uganda
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2314323 treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03833F12-FF99-7403-248D-FE438D20FD57 article most recent: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1521.1.2 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660164 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Perasis transvaalensis Ricardo, 1925: 245 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: South Africa: Delarey (= Delareyville) (view on map 26°41'05''S 025°27'41''E)
type depository: SAMC-L1M
distribution: South Africa
treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03833F12-FF98-740E-248D-FD718B3EFD57 article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1521.1.2 occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660171 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Philodicus alcimoides Blasdale, 1957: 137 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Sudan:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Philodicus cinerascens (Ricardo, 1900: 176) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Philodicus umbripennis Ricardo, 1921 distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Philodicus doris (Curran, 1927: 18) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: AMNH
distribution: Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Philodicus dubius Ricardo, 1921: 179 valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository:
junior synonym(s): Philodicus compactus Hull, 1967 distribution: Malawi, South Africa
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0317 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Philodicus flavipes Blasdale, 1957: 142 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Ghana:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Ghana
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Philodicus fraterculus (Walker, 1855: 597) valid
Asilinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Namibia, South Africa
article most recent: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0317 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |