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<mods:title>A review of Afrotropical Acnephalum Macquart, 1838, including the reinstatement of Sporadothrix Hermann, 1907 and descriptions of two new genera (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="89YHY" authority="Londt, 2010" authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="2010" box="[479,777,1191,1217]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="464" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platythrix" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[479,777,1191,1217]" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">Ammodaimon platythrix</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[499,571,1232,1258]" captionStart="Figs 1–5" captionStartId="41.[181,220,1411,1433]" captionTargetBox="[194,1125,361,1385]" captionTargetId="figure-9@41.[181,1141,348,1396]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="Figs 1–5. Appearance of entire specimens: (1) Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828) [lectotype ♂ Dasypogon quadratus Wiedemann, 1828]; (2) Afroholopogon futilis (Wulp, 1899) [lectotype ♂ Acnephalum futilis Wulp, 1899]; (3) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ♂ from 65 km SE Noenieput; (4) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (5) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., paratype ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913781" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913781/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">Figs 4</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation box="[583,613,1232,1258]" captionStart="Figs 6–11" captionStartId="42.[144,183,1125,1147]" captionTargetBox="[155,1091,484,1058]" captionTargetId="figure-8@42.[144,1104,458,1076]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="Figs 6–11. Wing venation (none removed from specimens): (6) Acnephalum olivierii Macquart, 1838, holotype; (7) Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828), lectotype ♂ Dasypogon andrenoides Wiedemann, 1828 (the shadow in the region of the anal cell is a leg situated below the wing); (8) Acnephalomyia platygaster (Loew, 1858), ♂ from 60 km S Aus; (9) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ♂ from 39 km WNW of Upington; (10) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (11) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., paratype ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913783" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913783/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">10</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[625,698,1232,1258]" captionStart="Figs 12–23" captionStartId="43.[181,220,1427,1449]" captionTargetBox="[202,1108,232,1395]" captionTargetId="figure-9@43.[200,1122,220,1403]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="Figs 12–23.(12, 13) Head in anterior view:(12) Acnephalum olivierii Macquart, 1838,holotype (dotted lines show angle subtended by frons/vertex); (13) Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828), lectotype;(14–18)Antennae,lateral view:(14) A.olivierii holotype;(15) A.andrenoides lectotype; (16) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (17) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (18) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype; (19–23) Tarsomere 5 and associated structures: (19) A. olivierii holotype; (20) A. andrenoides lectotype; (21) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (22) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (23) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype. Scale lines = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913785" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913785/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">17, 22</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[709,784,1231,1258]" captionStart="Figs 52–63" captionStartId="47.[181,220,1476,1498]" captionTargetBox="[208,1129,313,1455]" captionTargetId="figure-58@47.[181,1141,309,1464]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Figs 52–63. Male terminalia: (52–54) Afroholopogon futilis (Wulp, 1899) lectotype, lateral, dorsal and ventral; (55–57) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, holotype, lateral, dorsal and ventral; (58–60) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n. holotype,lateral, dorsal and ventral; (61–63) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n. holotype lateral, dorsal and ventral. Scale lines = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913797" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913797/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">58–60</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[796,824,1231,1257]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="50.[144,177,852,874]" captionTargetBox="[287,981,263,828]" captionTargetId="figure-9@50.[286,982,256,834]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="Fig. 68. Distribution of species: Acnephalomyia iota sp. n. – diamonds; A. probolos sp. n. – star; Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907 – circles; Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n. – triangle; Astiptomyia bikos sp. n. – square." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913813" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913813/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">68</figureCitation>
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<emphasis box="[181,376,1269,1290]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">Sporadothrix gracilis</emphasis>
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:
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<bibRefCitation author="OLDROYD, H." box="[388,584,1269,1291]" pageId="33" pageNumber="464" pagination="1 - 171" refId="ref39202" refString="OLDROYD, H. 1974. An introduction to the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22 (1): 1 - 171." type="journal article" year="1974">Oldroyd 1974: 81–83</bibRefCitation>
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(fig. 77 – entire specimen). Misidentification.
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Etymology: From Greek
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(broad, wide, flat) and
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<emphasis box="[790,843,1306,1332]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">thrix</emphasis>
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(hair); noun in apposition. The name refers to the many dorsoventrally compressed, scale-like setae characteristic of this species.
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Description (Based on
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(
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). Condition: Excellent. The specimen is doublemounted and pinned laterally with a minuten pin.):
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<paragraph blockId="33.[181,1142,1412,1671]" lastBlockId="34.[144,1105,204,1671]" lastPageId="34" lastPageNumber="465" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">
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<emphasis box="[181,242,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">Head</emphasis>
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: Dark red-brown, white setose, silver and golden pruinose.Antenna (
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<figureCitation box="[1005,1086,1485,1511]" captionStart="Figs 12–23" captionStartId="43.[181,220,1427,1449]" captionTargetBox="[202,1108,232,1395]" captionTargetId="figure-9@43.[200,1122,220,1403]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="Figs 12–23.(12, 13) Head in anterior view:(12) Acnephalum olivierii Macquart, 1838,holotype (dotted lines show angle subtended by frons/vertex); (13) Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828), lectotype;(14–18)Antennae,lateral view:(14) A.olivierii holotype;(15) A.andrenoides lectotype; (16) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (17) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (18) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype; (19–23) Tarsomere 5 and associated structures: (19) A. olivierii holotype; (20) A. andrenoides lectotype; (21) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (22) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (23) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype. Scale lines = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913785" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913785/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="464">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
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): Set low on head (below an imaginary line drawn across maximum width of head in anterior view); scape and pedicel yellowish, postpedicel dark red-brown, style dark red-brown except for yellowish tip. Segmental ratios 1.0:1.2:2.2:0.4:1.6 – scape slightly shorter than pedicel, both segments white setose (macrosetae do not jut out to level achieved by postpedicel); postpedicel about twice length of scape and pedicel combined; style subequal in length to postpedicel. Face gently convex, entirely silver pruinose. Mystax shiny white, covers entire face (there is a narrow asetose strip below antennal sockets) setae dorsoventrally flattened and scalelike. Frons and vertex white setose, entirely silver pruinose; postocular region white setose, silver-gold pruinose; angle subtended by eye margins at level of frons/vertex
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<emphasis box="[571,583,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
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. 11°. Proboscis short, straight, dark red-brown, weakly whitish setose. Palpus small 1-segmented.
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: Uniformly dark red-brown, white setose (long setae regular, short setae scale-like), entirely silver and gold pruinose. Pronotum white setose. Mesonotum white setose. Lateral macrosetae well developed, long, pale translucent white (4 or 5
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, 2
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, 1
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). Pleura largely asetose except for some long, straight, white katatergals and a few scale-like setae ventrally on anepisternum and dorsally on katepisternum. Scutellum dark red-brown, silver-gold pruinose (except for hind margin), with poorly developed transverse, subapical groove. 12 well developed, long, white apical macrosetae, unaccompanied by shorter setae; disc asetose. Postmetacoxal area membranous. Legs: Dark red brown,
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silver pruinose, white setose (scale-like setae);
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and
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1 with long translucent macrosetae and small scale-like white setae;
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<emphasis box="[284,317,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">tar</emphasis>
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2–5 with short, white, regular setae. Pro- and mesothoracic
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longer than
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, metathoracic
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<emphasis box="[398,431,756,781]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">tar</emphasis>
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subequal in length to
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. Claws black, long (about as long as tarsomere 5), fairly straight; empodia and pulvilli absent (
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<figureCitation box="[853,941,788,814]" captionStart="Figs 12–23" captionStartId="43.[181,220,1427,1449]" captionTargetBox="[202,1108,232,1395]" captionTargetId="figure-9@43.[200,1122,220,1403]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="Figs 12–23.(12, 13) Head in anterior view:(12) Acnephalum olivierii Macquart, 1838,holotype (dotted lines show angle subtended by frons/vertex); (13) Acnephalomyia andrenoides (Wiedemann, 1828), lectotype;(14–18)Antennae,lateral view:(14) A.olivierii holotype;(15) A.andrenoides lectotype; (16) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (17) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (18) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype; (19–23) Tarsomere 5 and associated structures: (19) A. olivierii holotype; (20) A. andrenoides lectotype; (21) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, ca 65 km SE Noenieput ♂; (22) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n., holotype ♂; (23) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n., holotype. Scale lines = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913785" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913785/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
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). Haltere pale yellow-white, base brownish. Wing (
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): 3.1×
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. Veins pale brownish; membrane lacking microtrichiae, transparent except for brown-stained distal end; C continues around wing to A
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(anal cell and alula without bordering vein); R
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lacking basal stump-vein.
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: Cylindrical, uniformly dark red-brown to black, mostly white setose (some pale yellowish on distal terga). Discal setae long, erect, normal, translucent white; minor setae scale-like, white, recumbent. Eight segments discernable, genitalia rotated through 90°, not withdrawn between subterminal terga and sterna. Terga apruinose, except for narrow silver pruinose lateral strips; sterna entirely fine silver pruinose, virtually all setae short, white, scale-like and recumbent. Genitalia (
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<figureCitation box="[959,1095,1115,1142]" captionStart="Figs 52–63" captionStartId="47.[181,220,1476,1498]" captionTargetBox="[208,1129,313,1455]" captionTargetId="figure-58@47.[181,1141,309,1464]" captionTargetPageId="47" captionText="Figs 52–63. Male terminalia: (52–54) Afroholopogon futilis (Wulp, 1899) lectotype, lateral, dorsal and ventral; (55–57) Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907, holotype, lateral, dorsal and ventral; (58–60) Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n. holotype,lateral, dorsal and ventral; (61–63) Astiptomyia bikos sp. n. holotype lateral, dorsal and ventral. Scale lines = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913797" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913797/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Figs 55–57</figureCitation>
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) slightly clockwise rotated (<90°):
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<emphasis box="[528,601,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Epand</emphasis>
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medially deeply incised to form two defined lobes fused proximally; lobes falling short of distance achieved by external parts of
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<emphasis box="[144,211,1212,1237]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">goncx</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis box="[228,281,1212,1237]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Proc</emphasis>
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juts out to about same level achieved by
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<emphasis box="[773,827,1212,1238]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">hypd</emphasis>
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(lateral view). External lobe of
|
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<emphasis box="[229,296,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">goncx</emphasis>
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in lateral view rounded basally, interior lobe slender, projecting beyond levels reached by either
|
||
<emphasis box="[425,475,1276,1301]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">proc</emphasis>
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||
or
|
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<emphasis box="[517,571,1276,1302]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">hypd</emphasis>
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; interior lobe fairly broad in lateral view with slightly downturned (lateral view), bifurcate (dorsal & ventral views) tip.
|
||
<emphasis box="[963,1030,1308,1334]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Gonst</emphasis>
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||
small, normally hidden from view except in ventral view, slightly curved with two relatively well-developed ventral setae distally.
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<emphasis box="[565,609,1372,1398]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Aed</emphasis>
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short with simple tip.
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||
<emphasis box="[861,922,1372,1398]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Hypd</emphasis>
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||
somewhat truncate basally, gradually tapering distally to fingerlike medial lobe (ventral view); in lateral view
|
||
<emphasis box="[282,336,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">hypd</emphasis>
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||
had a dorsally projecting subapical flange.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph blockId="34.[144,1105,204,1671]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">
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<typeStatus box="[144,232,1473,1495]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Holotype</typeStatus>
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||
:
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<specimenCount box="[241,258,1473,1494]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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||
<collectingCountry box="[266,369,1473,1494]" name="Namibia" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">NAMIBIA</collectingCountry>
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||
: ‘S. W. AFRICA (3) / Noachabeb [
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<geoCoordinate box="[693,769,1472,1494]" degrees="27" direction="south" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" precision="925" value="-27.433332">27°26'S</geoCoordinate>
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:
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<geoCoordinate box="[771,845,1472,1494]" degrees="18" direction="east" minutes="31" orientation="longitude" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" precision="925" value="18.516666">18°31'E</geoCoordinate>
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||
] 27 mls. [
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||
<emphasis box="[942,952,1473,1494]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">c</emphasis>
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||
.
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||
<quantity box="[964,1025,1473,1495]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.3" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" unit="km" value="43.0">43 km</quantity>
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||
] / NNE. Grunau /
|
||
<date box="[230,355,1497,1519]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" value="1972-01-10" valueMax="1972-01-12" valueMin="1972-01-10">10–12.i.1972</date>
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||
’, ‘Southern / African Exp. / B.M. 1972-1’, ‘
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName=": Hermann" authorityYear="1907" box="[754,874,1497,1518]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Sporadothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis box="[754,874,1497,1518]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Sporadothrix</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
/
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Hermann" authorityName=": Hermann" authorityYear="1907" box="[892,1052,1497,1518]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Sporadothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[892,961,1497,1518]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">gracilis</emphasis>
|
||
Hermann
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
/ det. H. Oldroyd 1973’ (BMNH).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="34.[144,1105,204,1671]" lastBlockId="35.[181,1142,204,334]" lastPageId="35" lastPageNumber="466" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">
|
||
<emphasis box="[144,187,1553,1574]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Note</emphasis>
|
||
: This is the specimen identified and described as
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName=": Hermann" authorityYear="1907" box="[621,814,1553,1574]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Sporadothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[621,814,1553,1574]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Sporadothrix gracilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="OLDROYD, H." box="[844,987,1553,1575]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" pagination="1 - 171" refId="ref39202" refString="OLDROYD, H. 1974. An introduction to the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22 (1): 1 - 171." type="journal article" year="1974">Oldroyd (1974)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.Although he correctly stated in his text that it was a male, the caption for his useful illustration gives the sex as female. Distribution (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[297,382,1613,1639]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="50.[144,177,852,874]" captionTargetBox="[287,981,263,828]" captionTargetId="figure-9@50.[286,982,256,834]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="Fig. 68. Distribution of species: Acnephalomyia iota sp. n. – diamonds; A. probolos sp. n. – star; Sporadothrix gracilis Hermann, 1907 – circles; Ammodaimon platythrix sp. n. – triangle; Astiptomyia bikos sp. n. – square." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913813" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7913813/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">Fig. 68</figureCitation>
|
||
), phenology (Table 3) and biology: The species is known only from the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[248,346,1645,1671]" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
collected in January (
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="1985" box="[596,701,1645,1671]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="465" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acares">
|
||
<emphasis box="[596,701,1645,1671]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="465">A. acares</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
being collected in September). The species probably has a similar behaviour to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="1985" box="[692,800,204,230]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="466" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acares">
|
||
<emphasis box="[692,800,204,230]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">A. acares</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which rests on the ground in open, fairly arid situations (Londt 1985).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="35.[181,1142,204,334]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
Similar species:
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="2010" box="[366,505,276,302]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="466" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platythrix">
|
||
<emphasis box="[366,505,276,302]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">A. platythrix</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="1985" box="[650,754,276,302]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="466" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acares">
|
||
<emphasis box="[650,754,276,302]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">A. acares</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but can be easily separated by the following brief key.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="35" pageNumber="466" type="key">
|
||
<keyStep pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
<key pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="35.[181,1142,356,542]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
<keyLead pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
1 Wing with brown-stained tip; mesonotum and scutellar disc entirely pruinose; antennal scape and pedicel yellowish, postpedicel dark red-brown.......................... ....................................................................................................
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[955,1075,419,445]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">platythrix</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1082,1141,420,446]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="35.[181,1142,356,542]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
<keyLead pageId="35" pageNumber="466">
|
||
– Wing uniformly transparent; mesonotum pruinose centrally only, margins and scutellar disc shiny apruinose; antennae uniformly dark red-brown .......................... ...............................................................................................
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Londt, 1985" authorityName="Londt" authorityYear="1985" box="[922,1141,515,542]" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Ammodaimon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="466" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acares">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[922,998,516,542]" pageId="35" pageNumber="466">acares</emphasis>
|
||
Londt, 1985
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</keyLead>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</key>
|
||
</keyStep>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |