Revision of the genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) Author Dikow, Torsten text African Invertebrates 2003 2003-12-31 44 2 1 131 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7911189 2305-2562 7911189 Euscelidia anthrax Janssens, 1957 Figs 12E–H , 16 Euscelidia anthrax Janssens, 1957: 2 ; Oldroyd 1974: 20 1980: 356. Diagnosis: The species is distinguished from congeners by the overall black coloration and dark wings. Redescription: Head: Black; fc silver pruinose, fc gib distinct, mystax white, few macrosetae; oc tr apruinose; occ silver pruinose, brown setae dorsally and white setae ventrally; Antennae - scp and ped dark brown with brown setae, white pruinose; pped dark brown, white pruinose; apsel brown; Thorax: Black; sct predominantly apruinose, posterior margin and dorsad of wing base silver pruinose, white setae scattered on surface; macrosetae: black, 1 npl s, 1 spal s; sctl silver pruinose, ds sctl s and sctl s long, brown; Legs - brown and yellow, pro and meso fem brown, meta fem yellow proximally, brown distad, slightly clubbed; tib brown, meta tib with yellow stripe not reaching tip anteriorly; first tar as long as 3 following tar combined; emp about a third of length of clw; Wings - densely covered with microtrichia, dark brown; ptero indistinct, brown; cell d terminating in 3 veins; hlt light brown; Abdomen: Black; T brown pruinose in proximal 3/4, grey pruinose in distal quarter, T2–3 apruinose in proximal 2/3, T1 with black setae, T2 with long brown setae laterally, remaining T with short brown setae (on brown pruinose area) and white setae (on grey pruinose area); ơ terminalia Figs 12E–H - sur broad, only slightly pointed, ventral margin straight; hypd ventral margin straight; gonst long; d aed shea tubular, medium length; lat apod simple. Type material - The ơ holotype has to be considered lost. I was unable to locate the depository for the type specimen. Janssens stated that the type is deposited in the South African Institute for Medical Research , Pretoria , South Africa . The collection is now part of the NMSA , but the specimen could not be found there. However, I did not designate a neotype since the concept of the species is clear and there is no ‘exceptional need’ for a designation as requested by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (article 75) . Type locality and distribution ( Fig. 16 ): Botswana , Tsessebe, 20 45'S 27 34'E . Botswana, Malawi , South Africa . Material examined: MALAWI : 2^^ 1ơ 1? Mulanje , 15 57'S 35 37'E , 16+18+ 21.iv.1913 ; SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu-Natal : 1^ Dukuduku , 28 22'S 32 24'E , 7–8.iv.1960 ; Mpumalanga : 3^^ Nelspruit , 2530DB, 1–2.xii.1976 . Depository : BMNH , NMSA .