Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 18. The genus Smeryngolaphria Hermann, 1912 (Laphriinae) Author Jason G. H. Londt text Annals of the Natal Museum 1989 1989-11-30 30 147 157 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.1472869 78a04ea6-232f-4d21-a5be-eac12686c9f1 1472869 Smeryngolaphria bromleyi sp. n. Figs 4 , 7 , 10-11 , 22-27 , 28 Etymology: Named after Dr Stanley Bromley who was first to record the presence of this genus in Africa. Description: Based on holotype ♂ . Similar to S . pallida except for following details. Head: Antenna ( Figs 10-11 ) brown-yellow but distal part of flagellomere darker brown; scape and pedicel with yellow setae only; flagellomere with oval-shaped anterior depressed area. Face fairly narrow, face width: maximum head width ratio 7,2: 1 ( Fig. 7 ). Silvery scale-like mystacal setae narrower than in pallida but otherwise with similar appearance and distribution. Setae and bristles of vertex shiny yellow. Ocellarium with 1 black and 1 yellow bristle. Upper occipital bristles shiny yellow. Proboscis and palpi brown-yellow. Thorax: 1 strong yellow notopleural bristle accompanied by 2 black setae; 2 black supra-alars (1 yellow on left side); 1-2 black postalars; ca 8 black scutellar bristles; all scutellar setae black. Wing length 5,7 mm ; venation as in ♀ ; distribution of microtrichia not as extensive as in pallida-cells c, r l, r 2+3, r 5 and discal also with small bare areas. Abdomen: All terga similar in colour and with short black setae dorsocentrally. Genitalia as in Figs 22-24 , quite different from pallida ; aedeagus with moderately long terminal filaments. Figs 22-27. Smeryngolaphria bromleyi sp. n. 22-24. Holotype ♂ genitalia. 22. Lateral. 23. Dorsal. 24. Ventral. 25-26. ♀ paratype. 25. Dorsal. 26. Ventral. 27. Egg, outline shape. Note: Aspects do not take rotation into account. Scale = 1 mm. Female: 1 ♀ paratype pinned together with holotype ♂ (captured whilst copulating). Similar to ♂ . Antennal ftagellomere somewhat more attenuate. Distribution of scale-like mystacal setae as in ♀ pallida but normal setae all white. Ocellar bristles gold-yellow. All marginal bristles of mesonotum and scutellum yellowbrown except for 2 black ones on scutellar margin. Wing 6,8 mm long, venation as in Fig. 4 . Genitalia as in Figs 25-26 ; cerci distally rounded. Egg ( Fig. 27 ) (dissected from body cavity) similar to pallida but tiny spines somewhat smaller. Material examined: NIGERIA : 1 ♂ holotype 1 ♀ paratype , Nigeria , Sapoba [ 6°06'N : 5°53 'E ], 17.iv.1946 , M. A. Cornes , Forest , 6622 ( NMWC ). Distribution as in Fig. 28 .