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.|
Proagonistes complexum (Oldroyd, 1970: 256) 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) |
Proagonistes flammipennis Tsacas and Menier, 1979: 91 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Cameroon:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Cameroon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes gigantipes Bromley, 1930: 219 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes igniferus (Engel and Cuthbertson, 1937: 12) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: NMBZ
distribution: Zimbabwe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes lampyroides Oldroyd, 1970: 254 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Gabon:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes leoninus Bromley, 1930: 216 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: São Tomé and Príncipe:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: São Tome and Principe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes mystaceus Bromley, 1930: 218 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Kenya:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Kenya
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes neavei Bromley, 1930: 230 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes oldroydi Tsacas and Menier, 1979: 93 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Congo:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Gabon, Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes pliomelas Speiser, 1907: 358 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Cameroon:
type depository:
distribution: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes praeceps (Walker, 1855: 542) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
junior synonym(s): Proagonistes validus Loew, 1858 distribution: Zimbabwe, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes praedo Austen, 1909: 87 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Gabon, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes redimiculum Speiser, 1914: 7 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Cameroon:
type depository:
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1805: 157) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: 'Guinea':
type depository: ZMUC
junior synonym(s): Laphria fulviceps Macquart, 1850 distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes saliodes Bromley, 1930: 221 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes seyrigi Timon-David, 1951: 161 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Proagonistes ufens (Walker, 1849: 372) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Sierra Leone:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Sierra Leone
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38706083 article original: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119308 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Proagonistes vulpinus Bromley, 1930: 219 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: São Tomé and Príncipe:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: São Tome and Principe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus abdominalis Ricardo, 1920: 182 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus absterrens Oldroyd, 1960: 314 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |