A review of Daspletis Loew, 1858 with the addition of a remarkable South African species (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae) Author Londt, Jason G. H. text African Invertebrates 2010 2010-05-31 51 1 183 183 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0104 journal article 10.5733/afin.051.0104 2305-2562 7911681 Daspletis setithoracicus ( Ricardo, 1925 ) Fig. 14 Neodysmachus setithoracicus : Ricardo 1925: 264 . Daspletis setithoracicus : Londt 1983: 294 , figs 19–21. Londt (1983) recorded material: SOUTH AFRICA : 1^Bloemfontein [ 29°10'S : 26°00'E ], 31.x.1920 , Irving ( NMSA ) ; 2ơ 2^Meiringspoort , 3322BC, rocky hillside & stream edge, 11–12.xii.1979 , Londt & Stuckenberg ( NMSA ) ; 1ơ Diepkloof , ca 20 km E De Rust , 3322BD, dry rocky hillside & stream, 12.xii.1979 , Londt & Stuckenberg ( NMSA ) ; ơ lectotype 1ơ 3^paralectotypes , Willowmore [ 33°17'S : 23°29'E ], 25.xii.1922 (2ơ) xi.1922 (3^), Brauns ( BMNH ) ; 15ơ 7^Willowmore , various dates: 1.xii.1907 , xii.1909 , 20.xii.1909 , 15.xii.1912 , i.1914 , xi.1916 , 25.xii.1917 , i.1918 , xi.1918 , 20.xii.1919 , 25.xii.1919 , 1.i.1920 , 20.xi.1920 , 18.i.1922 , 18.v.1922 , 3.i.1926 , xi.1926 , Brauns ( NMSA ) . New material (all NMSA): SOUTH AFRICA :2ơ 1^56 km N Beaufort West (Loxton Rd), 3122CD, 1520 m , flat Karoo scrubland, 13.xi.1986 , Londt & Quickelberge ; 1ơ 10 km S Sutherland , Swaarweerberg , 3220BC, 1600 m , rocks woody macchia, Londt & Quickelberge , 19.xi.1986 ; 1^10 km SW Sutherland , 32°27'S : 20°36'E , 1650 m , S slope Swaarweerberg , 28.xi.1990 , Whittington & Londt . Fig. 14. The distribution of Daspletis Loew, 1858 species in southern Africa: hirtus (circles), setithoracicus (squares), vespertilio (triangles), vulpes (diamonds). Other records: Ricardo (1925) , when listing her material mentions a female from Sawmills.Although I have not seen the specimen, I can not accept the record as truly representative of the species as Sawmills is so far removed from valid records. Distribution, phenology and biology: D. setithoracicus is fairly widely distributed in the southern parts of South Africa ( Fig. 14 ), occurring in the Northern Cape , Eastern Cape and Free State provinces. The species is active in the adult phase from October through to January, and there is a single record for May (which seems doubtful) (Table 1). There is a single NMSA prey record (sex of predator in brackets): Hymenoptera (1): Apidae , Apis mellifera (^).