A review of the genus Hoplistomerus Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae) Author Londt, Jason G. H. text African Invertebrates 2007 2007-12-31 48 2 167 198 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7667859 2305-2562 7667859 Key to species of Hoplistomerus 1 Notopleural macroseta(e) present; transverse scutellar groove absent (or weakly developed anterior of mid-length) ........................................................................ 2 – Notopleural macroseta absent; transverse scutellar groove present at mid-length .............................................................................................................................. 4 2 Face wider than eye in anterior view; prosternum with well-developed longish setae medially; microtrichia of cell m 3 as a broad band along posterior margin only; big flies (wing length> 11 mm ) usually with golden abdominal setae covering much of tergites (entirely white only in furthest eastern records); ơ terminalia as in Figs 33–36 ; widely distributed across Africa, mainly north of the equator ........... ...................................................................................... serripes ( Fabricius, 1805 ) – Face narrower than eye in anterior view; prosternum bare or with small weaklydeveloped setae medially; microtrichia of cell m 3 as a narrow band along posterior margin as well as a fairly extensive area posteroproximally; small to moderate sized flies (wing length < 11 mm ) with pale whitish setae covering abdominal terga .............................................................................................................................. 3