A revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (excluding Gymnochiromyia Hendel) (Diptera: Schizophora), with the recognition of two subfamilies and the description of new genera Author Ebejer, Martin J. text African Invertebrates 2009 2009-12-31 50 2 321 321 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.050.0208 journal article 10.5733/afin.050.0208 2305-2562 7910603 Aphaniosoma dhofaricum Ebejer, 1996 Aphaniosoma dhofaricum : Ebejer 1996: 290 . Although not yet found on mainland Africa, this species is abundant in Dhofar , the southern region of Oman . A . gallagheri Ebejer, 1996 (see below), also common in southern Oman , has been found as far west as the Cape Verde . Therefore, I have included dhofaricum here for completeness and because southern Oman is zoogeographically within the Afrotropics. Distribution: Oman ( Dhofar ), Cape Verde .