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.|
Promachus gossypiatus Speiser, 1910: 97 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository:
distribution: Malawi, Tanzania
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus griseiventris Becker, 1913: 529 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Iran:
type depository:
distribution: Sudan
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus guineensis (Wiedemann, 1824: 25) valid
Asilinae
type locality: 'Guinea':
type depository: NHMW ?ZMUC
distribution: Nigeria, Guinea
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus hirsutus Ricardo, 1925: 234 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Zimbabwe
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus hypoleucochaeta (Bezzi, 1908: 379) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: ISNB MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus lemur Bromley, 1931: 288 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository:
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus longicauda Tomasovic, 2012: 103 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus madagascarensis Bromley, 1942: 20 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository:
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus meatusaduncus Tomasovic, 2012: 106 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Tanzania:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Tanzania
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus mediospinosus Speiser, 1913: 141 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Cameroon:
type depository:
distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon
original description: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33049602 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33049592 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus mesacanthus (Hobby, 1936: 249) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Cameroon:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus mesorrhachis (Hobby, 1936: 274) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Sierra Leone:
type depository: BMNH OXUM
distribution: Ghana, Sierra Leone
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus metoxus (Oldroyd, 1939: 34) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus mixtus (Hobby, 1936: 235) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Tanzania, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus neavei (Hobby, 1936: 234) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus negligens Adams, 1905: 154 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository:
distribution: Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus nigropennipes Hobby, 1933: 193 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository:
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus niveicinctus (Hobby, 1936: 195) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Promachus obscuripes Ricardo, 1920: 180 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Promachus parvus Bromley, 1931: 289 valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository:
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |