A review of the genus Gibbasilus Londt, 1986 in southern Africa (Diptera, Asilidae)
Author
Londt, Jason G. H.
text
African Invertebrates
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8696
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.8696
2305-2562-1-67
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Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Asilidae
Gibbasilus Londt, 1986
Gibbasilus
Londt, 1986: 2. Type species:
Gibbasilus arenaceus
Londt, 1986, by original designation and monotypy.
Diagnosis
(modified from
Londt 1986
). Asiline flies displaying the following combination of characters. Head: Face plane, not gently convex; dorsal occipital macrosetae
long
, proclinate. Thorax: Mesonotum strongly humped; acrostichal setae long, well developed, tightly packed and arranged in a narrow strip; scutellum with a single pair of apical scutellar macrosetae; discal cell (1m2) of wing not markedly constricted at midlength (as in
Synolcus
Loew, 1858); male wing with costal region not markedly expanded (as in some
Dasophrys
Loew, 1858). Abdomen: Female ovipositor long (more than twice as long as broad in lateral aspect) and laterally compressed. Figure 1 illustrates a fairly typical male of the genus.
Figure 1. General appearance of a fairly typical
Gibbasilus
(
Gibbasilus condylus
sp. n.) male.