deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Asiloid Flies
deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history

Sample of Asiloid Flies

Habitat Klipheuwel (South Africa)

Habitat Klipheuwel (South Africa)

Red, vegetated sand dunes near Klipheuwel (Western Cape, South Africa) where Afroleptomydas opacicinctus (Mydidae: Syllegomydinae) was collected (Oct. 2009). Note the small flower in the foreground which was visited by the mydid on a few occasions.