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Becker, 1907 (by original designation); type locality: Algeria.
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This Palearctic genus was originally proposed by
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: 36) as a subgenus of
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Loew, 1849 sensu stricto based on the combination of the long macrosetae on the mesonotum in both the male and the female (similar to that of the genus
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Loew, 1860, and very different from typical
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, without macrosetae on the prescutum) and the shape of the ovipositor of the female (very different from that of
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, with cerci partly incorporated in the ovipositor in tergite IX, and closer to that of
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, with cerci sticking out at the apex).
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raised it to genus status but did not give a convincing justification as he only states 'It is essential to promote the subgenus to the rank of genus on the same grounds we had for taking
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out of
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', which is confusing as the genus
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Loew, 1848 was never included in
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. However, considering the differences in the three taxa, in our opinion
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clearly deserves the status of genus.
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Seven species have been assigned to the genus
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at some point in history but four of these are now considered to belong to other genera. Two of them were treated as such by
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,
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Macquart, 1839 and
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<emphasis id="1D2230E7F2151E0E177047CC849B6CFF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Tolmerus corsicus</emphasis>
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Schiner, 1867.
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was described from the western Canary Islands where it is considered endemic (
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) and it is nowadays treated as a species of the genus
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(
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and
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2006
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). This species was erroneously mentioned from southern Russia by
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.
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<emphasis id="889013B7167A4CA092193E0214283663" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Tolmerus corsicus</emphasis>
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was described from Corsica, was included in
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's key in the subgenus
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, but was treated as
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in his text and it is now assigned to genus
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="62A0781D67AA77EC0AEC72724478A38A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Machimus sagittarius</emphasis>
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(Villeneuve, 1930) from Algeria was originally described as a
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<emphasis id="07D25D187CA3A2171F96EFA1B5D32812" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon</emphasis>
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but
<bibRefCitation id="6ADAEE9558D4C9E9B41F94BDC20B012B" author="Lehr, PA" journalOrPublisher="Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" refId="B22" refString="Lehr, PA, 1988. Family Asilidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Vol. 5). Athericidae - Asilidae. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" title="Family Asilidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Vol. 5). Athericidae - Asilidae." year="1988">Lehr (1988)</bibRefCitation>
assigned it to
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<emphasis id="122E8B5AC4CD176181DD555961C3F0DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Machimus</emphasis>
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. The fourth species,
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<emphasis id="052E5D9BBB10AA7351EBCBCD6C44A6D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Minicatus mirabilis</emphasis>
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(Lehr, 1967) from Kazakhstan and Soviet Middle Asia was also originally described as a
<taxonomicName id="6FC7266BA9EC069E82946BA4F734BF0E" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8CD46D3D1BFED99821C5F7098C27E436" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but Lehr himself finally established the genus
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<emphasis id="7DF76B8F02215E28C7D9CD21E376512A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Minicatus</emphasis>
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(Lehr, 1992) for this species, without explaining the reasons. However, he does mention that the internal side of the gonocoxite has a rugose surface that forms more than 15 grooves and that the gonostylus is plate-shaped, both characters of which are very different from those of the species here presented. Therefore, we consider four species, including the one described in this paper, to belong to this genus which fits the conclusions by
<bibRefCitation id="0F392C6774434315A9E4A1F5F4527ADF" author="Lehr, PA" journalOrPublisher="Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" refId="B22" refString="Lehr, PA, 1988. Family Asilidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Vol. 5). Athericidae - Asilidae. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest" title="Family Asilidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Vol. 5). Athericidae - Asilidae." year="1988">Lehr (1988)</bibRefCitation>
:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BEC3E2EF083C332DD2E3EDCE79715A75" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicName id="9BBDEC3997545E4791CD28FF65BFEEB3" baseAuthorityName="Becker" baseAuthorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon alter" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alter">
<emphasis id="A1334F9BF344508EE7F4A74B9810140B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon alter</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Becker, 1923: (originally described in the genus
<taxonomicName id="61C5E727E935C1BD71CD64B3FA9EC83D" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F93DD69DB6849B01AD99930FC75DC5B5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon</emphasis>
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). Type material in the Collection Villeneuve (Becker, 1923), which is stored at KBIN. However, the collection was carefully checked by Reinoud van den Broek and Jonas Mortelmans and the specimens were not found. Type material might be lost.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A60A68649D7E890CCABEE47CD5B3057F" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicName id="81725BF00E4F43E6763A546DBAD90C6C" authorityName="Alvarez Fidalgo &amp; van den Broek" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon ianus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ianus">
<emphasis id="107DBABD092930676F6D5FAFF40A61E3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon ianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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Fidalgo &amp; van den Broek sp. nov. Type material stored at MNCN, RMNH, ZMHB and USNM.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="627ACF67672870F15DE3B39C55C260FF" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicName id="B130DCE19F4686CB9F8351F3929EE034" baseAuthorityName="Becker" baseAuthorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon pauper" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pauper">
<emphasis id="134FFCD67B5BD21CE145F48DD762AC27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon pauper</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Becker, 1907): (originally described in the genus
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<emphasis id="D39DB8448765432EB8C4238FCAB9FE3C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Dysmachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Type material stored at ZMHB.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A5CA1767A76E56626AB1463D0DC621E4" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicName id="B635F8075ACDDA6A903D814612DD8127" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon similis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="C9BB0990E708B7AE41B6046715429A4E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Becker, 1923: (originally described in the genus
<taxonomicName id="960AB1D12F8A33C60FCE4CF46136EE40" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="48832EACA898E73664C895DB8A94F0BE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Type material stored at ZMHB.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3A612B0E98F5EF04A0EF5D74C7D452F6" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="C7B1C2E73157DAB87BD2FEDDAFCB1F93" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="66130AEFA79C2A4CD52D948EB4025FB3" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">
After the diagnosis based on
<bibRefCitation id="8E700CEC372B247D1FEE56099D9D2DBB" DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" author="Hull, FM" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin - United States National Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" pagination="1 - 907" refId="B18" refString="Hull, FM, 1962. Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. Bulletin - United States National Museum 224: 1 - 907, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" title="Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae." url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" volume="224" year="1962">Hull (1962)</bibRefCitation>
, who in turn, based his diagnosis of the genus on the works by
<bibRefCitation id="32E87B8AAB872752EEC7AC47CC28F031" author="Becker, T" journalOrPublisher="Wien, F. Wagner" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" refId="B3" refString="Becker, T, 1923. Revision der Loew'schen Diptera Asilica in Linnaea Entomologica 1848-49. Wien, F. Wagner" title="Revision der Loew'schen Diptera Asilica in Linnaea Entomologica 1848 - 49." year="1923">Becker (1923)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="16403EA4BBA893C0085D0FE3AADF8469" author="Engel, EO" journalOrPublisher="Stuttgart, Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" refId="B12" refString="Engel, EO, 1930. Asilidae: Diptera. In: Lindner E (Ed.) Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region. Stuttgart, Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung" title="Asilidae: Diptera. In: Lindner E (Ed.) Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region." year="1930">Engel (1930)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="DC20364D6CE42101BA512B01281D4351" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Conosiphon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Conosiphon" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B79CFA451732838E60D078C76E7E62DE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Conosiphon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from other genera of
<taxonomicName id="65CEDC14D63D20C7D322794442ED8B54" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Asilinae">Asilinae</taxonomicName>
by the following characters combined: a) facial protuberance strong and prominent, occupying most of the face, its upper margin well developed, b) dorsocentral macrosetae set all over the central area of the mesonotum, from the front to the back, and c) the paired cerci of ovipositor are partly incorporated in the ovipositor in tergite IX. In other words, external appearance of the male is similar to genus
<taxonomicName id="789D975DFDE02B819443ED8928480D0B" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Dysmachus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dysmachus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="32FFDBBF8B5F213AFA0C766D6FD77B4D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Dysmachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but in the female, the cerci of ovipositor are not wedged in as in
<taxonomicName id="03AAA2F51379A277CE67094DD67377E5" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Dysmachus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dysmachus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2AE05AF32A7F9B182BE1E6398F9244C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="59">Dysmachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but style-like in lateral view.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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