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.|
Cerdistus griseola (Oldroyd, 1960: 311) valid
Asilinae
type locality: Madagascar:
type depository: MNHN
distribution: Madagascar
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades analogos Londt and Dikow, 2019: 37 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: South Africa: Fanies Island (view on map 28°06'00''S 032°27'00''E)
type depository: NMSA-H1M (unique specimen identifier NMSA-DIP-08852)
distribution: South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
treatment original at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0875F465-8466-43B9-A87C-BAEA4C6FDFE9 article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/10427597 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades auricorpus (Hobby, 1948: 140) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria auricorpus (comb. nov. sensu Londt 2015: 196) type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades aurifera (Ricardo, 1925: 280) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Uganda:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Uganda
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades bella (Loew, 1858: 356) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria bella (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1977: 46) type locality: South Africa: Caffraria
type depository: ZMHB
distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43967200 treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/479D1441-5635-8409-D4A1-04E13A9D5943 article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43966916 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660746 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades bipenicillata (Bigot, 1891: 370) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Côte d'Ivoire:
type depository:
distribution: Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades carbonaria (Ricardo, 1925: 281) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Malawi:
type depository: BMNH
distribution: Malawi
article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades contristans (Hobby, 1948: 139) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: OXUM
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades ctenoventris (Oldroyd, 1970: 228) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria ctenoventris (comb. nov. sensu Londt 2015: 196) type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades flavipes (Wiedemann, 1821: 238) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria flavipes (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1977: 46) type locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope
type depository: ZMUC-H1F (unique specimen identifier ZMUC-00025277)
(view type record online: http://daim.snm.ku.dk/digitized-type-collection-details-simple?catno=zmuc00025277) junior synonym(s): Choerades varipes Macquart, 1834 distribution: South Africa
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14380532 treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8863308B-7C9F-C2F6-9CFF-C31A1C55C42C article original: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50314 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660613 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades hera (Bromley, 1935: 408) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria hera (comb. nov. sensu Londt 2015: 196) type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades iola (Bromley, 1935: 409) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Ghana, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades ivorina (Oldroyd, 1968: 386) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Côte d'Ivoire:
type depository: MRAC
distribution: Côte d'Ivoire
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades kwadjoi Tomasovic, 2007: 182 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Gabon:
type depository: USAG
distribution: Gabon
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades lateralis Fabricius, 1805: 157 valid
Laphriinae
type locality: 'Guinea':
type depository: ZMUC
junior synonym(s): Choerades bequaerti Bromley, 1935, Choerades consistens Curran, 1928, Dasypogon decula Walker, 1849 distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Uganda, Malawi
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades luctuosa (Macquart, 1847: 53) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria luctuosa (comb. nov. sensu Londt 2015: 196) type locality: Senegal:
type depository:
distribution: Senegal
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades maynei (Janssens, 1953: 207) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo:
type depository:
distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo
occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades multipunctata (Oldroyd, 1974: 102) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria multipunctata (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1977: 47) type locality: South Africa: Matjesfontein (= Matjiesfontein) (view on map 33°13'51''S 020°34'58''E)
type depository: BMNH-H1M (unique specimen identifier NHMUK012804995)
distribution: South Africa
treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC47B090-67A2-9AA7-D2B4-2211A73E55FD article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.437797 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660831 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
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Choerades nigrapex (Bigot, 1878: 229) valid
Laphriinae
type locality: South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (view on map 29°51'00''S 31°01'00''E)
type depository: OXUM-H1M
junior synonym(s): Laphria aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900, Laphria variabilis Bromley, 1947 distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe
original description: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8232793 treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B88A4293-2483-4492-82A5-A6DA9AE6A4A0 article original: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8232777 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/5091563 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |
Choerades nigrescens (Ricardo, 1925: 279) valid
Laphriinae
original combination: Laphria nigrescens (comb. nov. sensu Londt 1977: 47) type locality: Malawi: Mt. Mlanje (view on map 15°56'55''S 035°35'26''E)
type depository: BMNH-L1M (unique specimen identifier NHMUK012810461)
distribution: South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana
treatment most recent at Plazi TreatmentBank: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2C6CF14-C46A-3C50-F352-77CA20F86B8A article original: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633204 article most recent: https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943 key - dichotomous at Lucid keyserver: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/phoenix/Choerades occurrence records at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1660816 occurrence records at asiloidflies.si.edu (if available) |