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.|
Rhadinus vanharteni Bosák and Hradsky, 2011: 746 valid
Stichopogoninae
type locality: United Arab Emirates: ar-Rafah (view on map 25°43'00''N 055°51'00''E)
type depository: coll. J. Bosák
distribution: United Arab Emirates
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala angustior Oldroyd, 1966: 170 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304012 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala caffra (Macquart, 1846: 198) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ?MNHN
distribution: Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala congoiensis Oldroyd, 1966: 164 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304006 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala distincta Oldroyd, 1966: 157 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Mozambique:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Mozambique
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303791 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala divestita Oldroyd, 1966: 156 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Tanzania (Zanzibar):
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Tanzania
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303790 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala doornensis Oldroyd, 1966: 169 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304011 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala engeli Oldroyd, 1966: 166 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304008 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala fimbriata Oldroyd, 1966: 167 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304009 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala flavipes Hermann, 1926: 177 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZSMC
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala fulva Oldroyd, 1966: 158 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303792 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala inconspicua Oldroyd, 1966: 157 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Kenya:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Tanzania, Kenya
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303791 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala lambertoni (Bromley, 1942: 14) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository:
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala manicata Oldroyd, 1966: 167 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304009 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala mirabilis (Hull, 1958: 256) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Mozambique:
type depository:
distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala morio Hermann, 1926: 180 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Ethiopia:
type depository: ZSMC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala obscurata Oldroyd, 1966: 154 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Zimbabwe:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Zimbabwe
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303788 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala quadrifaria Hermann, 1926: 179 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository: ZSMC
distribution: South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Rhipidocephala scutata Oldroyd, 1966: 166 valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2304008 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2303777 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Rhipidocephala semitestacea (Loew, 1863: 11) valid
Trigonomiminae
type locality: South Africa:
type depository:
junior synonym(s): Holcocephala punctulata Wulp, 1899, Holcocephala caligata Speiser, 1910 distribution: Yemen, Tanzania, Somalia, South Africa
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |