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<taxonomicName LSID="863BC5EA-A0DA-51FB-9AB5-7512B7123E02" authority="Becker, 1909" authorityName="Becker" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Astochia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Astochia armata" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="218" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armata">Astochia armata (Becker, 1909)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Lateral views of Astochia male terminalia as illustrated by Londt (1982): 1 A. africana 2 A. armata 3 A. sodalis 4 A. strachani." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346335" pageId="3" pageNumber="218" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figures1-4">Figs 2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 5. Astochia armata habitat at Mhlopeni Nature Reserve (Photo: Torsten Dikow - 13 February 2004)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346336" pageId="3" pageNumber="218" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure5">5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 25. Distribution of Astochia species: A. africana, A. armata, A. neavensis." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346349" pageId="3" pageNumber="218" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure25">25</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="219">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Neoitamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neoitamus armatus" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armatus">
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="219" start="start">Neoitamus</pageBreakToken>
armatus
</taxonomicName>
Becker, 1909: 114;
<bibRefCitation pageId="4" pageNumber="219" refId="B2">Becker 1910</bibRefCitation>
: 22;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" author="Hull, FM" journalOrPublisher="XVII" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" refId="B7" refString="Hull, FM, 1962. . https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" url="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.224" year="1962">Hull 1962</bibRefCitation>
: 557.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="219">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Astochia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Astochia armata" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armata">Astochia armata</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation author="Lindner, E" journalOrPublisher="Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendische Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="24 - 46" refId="B9" refString="Lindner, E, 1955. Ostafrikanische Asiliden (Dipt.). (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52. Gruppe Lindner-Stuttgart, Nr. 16). Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendische Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 110: 24 - 46" title="Ostafrikanische Asiliden (Dipt.). (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951 / 52. Gruppe Lindner-Stuttgart, Nr. 16)." volume="110" year="1955">Lindner 1955</bibRefCitation>
: 41;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1522" author="Oldroyd, H" journalOrPublisher="Supplement" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="207 - 334" refId="B16" refString="Oldroyd, H, 1970. Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera). 1. Asilidae of the Congo basin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 24: 207 - 334" title="Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera). 1. Asilidae of the Congo basin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1522" volume="24" year="1970">Oldroyd 1970</bibRefCitation>
: 312 (fig. 78 (♂ terminalia));
<bibRefCitation pageId="4" pageNumber="219" refId="B18">Oldroyd 1980</bibRefCitation>
: 336;
<bibRefCitation author="Londt, JGH" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Natal Museum" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="241 - 251" refId="B11" refString="Londt, JGH, 1982. Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 7. The genus Astochia Becker, 1913 (Asilinae: Asilini). Annals of the Natal Museum 25: 241 - 251" title="Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 7. The genus Astochia Becker, 1913 (Asilinae: Asilini)." volume="25" year="1982">Londt 1982</bibRefCitation>
: 245 (figs 1 (entire ♂, 7 wing, 8-10 ♂ terminalia)).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="219">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="219">
Mystax whitish. Katatergal setae white. Anatergite with white setae. Scutellum disc with white setae. Mesonotal macrosetae black. Wings: Discal cell lacking microtrichia. Legs: Femora black and yellow-brown. Metathoracic femora lacking ventral macrosetae. ♀ with abdominal segments 1-5 pruinose. ♂ terminalia as in
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 14" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 4. Lateral views of Astochia male terminalia as illustrated by Londt (1982): 1 A. africana 2 A. armata 3 A. sodalis 4 A. strachani." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figures1-4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346335" pageId="4" pageNumber="219" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figures1-4">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
. The species was fully redescribed by
<bibRefCitation author="Londt, JGH" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Natal Museum" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="241 - 251" refId="B11" refString="Londt, JGH, 1982. Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 7. The genus Astochia Becker, 1913 (Asilinae: Asilini). Annals of the Natal Museum 25: 241 - 251" title="Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 7. The genus Astochia Becker, 1913 (Asilinae: Asilini)." volume="25" year="1982">Londt (1982)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="219">Material.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">
Previously recorded and personally studied material: Kenya: 1♂, Livingippe (or Lorengippe illegible) Turkana [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="03" direction="north" minutes="07" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="3.1166666">03°07'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="east" minutes="36" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="35.6">35°36'E</geoCoordinate>
500m], 30.iii.1976, E.E. Brown (BMNH). Malawi: 1♂ 1♀ '♂ + ♀ / in
<normalizedToken originalValue="copulo">copulo'</normalizedToken>
, 'Malawi Senga Hills [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="13" direction="south" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-13.7">13°42'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="34" direction="east" minutes="35" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="34.583332">34°35'E</geoCoordinate>
480m] / 1-2.xii.1980 1334DA / ca. 500m Stuckenberg / &amp; Londt
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Brachystegia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Brachystegia" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">Brachystegia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ woodland near
<normalizedToken originalValue="lake">lake'</normalizedToken>
1♂ 1♀ (pinned together)
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106712">'NMSA-DIP-106712'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA); 4♂ 3♀ 'Malawi Senga Hills / 1-2.xii.1980 1334DA / ca. 500m Stuckenberg / &amp; Londt
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">Brachystegia</emphasis>
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/ woodland near
<normalizedToken originalValue="lake">lake'</normalizedToken>
1♂
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-03375">'NMSA-DIP-03375'</normalizedToken>
; 1♂ 1♀
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106710-1">'NMSA-DIP-106710-1'</normalizedToken>
; 1♂ 1♀
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106729-30">'NMSA-DIP-106729-30'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA). South Africa: 1♂ 1♀ 'S. Africa: Transvaal / 30km W Hoedspruit [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="219">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="south" minutes="26" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-24.433332">24°26'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="37" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="30.616667">30°37'E</geoCoordinate>
580m] / 27/xi.1978 / Brothers &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="J-Guillarmod">J-Guillarmod'</normalizedToken>
, 1♂
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106713">'NMSA-DIP-106713'</normalizedToken>
; 1♀ 'NMSA-
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="220" start="start">DIP-</pageBreakToken>
03370' (NMSA); 3♂ 4♀, Junction of Blaauw Krantz and Tugela R. [?], x.1896, G.A.K. Marshall (BMNH); 1♂, Insuzi River nr. Qudeni [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="south" minutes="36" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-28.6">28°36'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="30.866667">30°52'E</geoCoordinate>
1605m], 25.ii.1962, A.L. Bevis (DMSA). Zimbabwe: 2♀, by Sanyati R., [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="16" direction="south" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-16.9">16°54'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="east" minutes="48" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="28.8">28°48'E</geoCoordinate>
890m] nr. Kariba Camp, Tsetse Fly Ops., 8.i.1956, R. Goodier, found in sandy area by river bank [only 1♀ recorded in 1982] (BMNH).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="220">
Material not studied but recorded by other authors: DRC: 2♀, Garamba National Park [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="04" direction="south" minutes="10" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-4.1666665">04°10'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="29.5">29°30'E</geoCoordinate>
800m], 28.ii.1951; 1♀, same locality, 20.iii.1950 [recorded by
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1522" author="Oldroyd, H" journalOrPublisher="Supplement" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="207 - 334" refId="B16" refString="Oldroyd, H, 1970. Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera). 1. Asilidae of the Congo basin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 24: 207 - 334" title="Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera). 1. Asilidae of the Congo basin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1522" volume="24" year="1970">Oldroyd (1970)</bibRefCitation>
- repository probably MRAC]. Kenya: 1♂ 1♀ types (? Syntypes), Voi [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="03" direction="south" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-3.3833332">03°23'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="east" minutes="33" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="38.55">38°33'E</geoCoordinate>
575m], 1906 [recoded by
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5651" author="Becker, T" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="18" pageNumber="233" pagination="113 - 121" refId="B1" refString="Becker, T, 1909. Collections recueillies par M. Maurice de Rothschild dans l'Afrique orientale anglaise. Insects: Dipteres nouveaux. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 113 - 121" title="Collections recueillies par M. Maurice de Rothschild dans l'Afrique orientale anglaise. Insects: Dipteres nouveaux." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5651" volume="15" year="1909">Becker (1909)</bibRefCitation>
- repository unknown]. Tanzania: 2♂, Dar-es-Salaam [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="06" direction="south" minutes="48" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-6.8">06°48'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="39" direction="east" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="39.2">39°12'E</geoCoordinate>
70m], Mburumfluss, 21 bis 24.xii.1951 [recorded by
<bibRefCitation author="Lindner, E" journalOrPublisher="Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendische Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg" pageId="19" pageNumber="234" pagination="24 - 46" refId="B9" refString="Lindner, E, 1955. Ostafrikanische Asiliden (Dipt.). (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52. Gruppe Lindner-Stuttgart, Nr. 16). Jahreshefte des Vereins fuer Vaterlaendische Naturkunde in Wuerttemberg 110: 24 - 46" title="Ostafrikanische Asiliden (Dipt.). (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951 / 52. Gruppe Lindner-Stuttgart, Nr. 16)." volume="110" year="1955">Lindner (1955)</bibRefCitation>
- repository probably Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa, Tervuren.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="220">
Newly recorded material: Kenya: 1♀ 'Lorogumu [? Lorugum
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="2" direction="north" minutes="53" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="2.8913887">2°53'29&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="14" value="35.270554">35°16'14&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
615m] / Turcana / Kenya / 13.4.54' (BMNH); 3♂ 1♀ 'Lorogumu / Turcana / Kenya / 14.4.54' (BMNH); 1♂ 'Kenya: Kajiado Dist. / Nguruman area 700m /
<geoCoordinate degrees="01" direction="south" minutes="50" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-1.8333333">01°50'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="36" direction="east" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="36.933334">36°56'E</geoCoordinate>
/ Coll: I, Abu-Zinid / Date: 25.xi.1989',
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-03359">'NMSA-DIP-03359'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA); 1♀ 'Kenya, Coast Prov. / Kasigau Mtn. / bottom of forest. 737m. / 3.82080S, 38.64178E [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
<geoCoordinate degrees="03" direction="south" minutes="49" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="15" value="-3.8208332">03°49'15&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="east" minutes="38" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="31" value="38.641945">38°38'31&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
730m]', 'Malaise trap. Woodland / with grass / 5-19 Oct 2011 / R.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Copeland">Copeland'</normalizedToken>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="2777">'2777'</normalizedToken>
(ICIPE). South Africa: 1♀
<normalizedToken originalValue="Wylies">Wylie's</normalizedToken>
Poort [
<normalizedToken originalValue="Wyllies">Wyllie's</normalizedToken>
Poort
<geoCoordinate degrees="22" direction="south" minutes="55" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="18" value="-22.921665">22°55'18&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="east" minutes="55" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="43" value="29.92861">29°55'43&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
965m], 5.xi.1920, C.J. Swierstra
<normalizedToken originalValue="USNMENT01518183">'USNMENT01518183'</normalizedToken>
; 1♂ 'S Africa: N Province #56 / Ben Lavin Nature Reserve /
<geoCoordinate degrees="23" direction="south" minutes="08" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-23.133333">23°08'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="east" minutes="57" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="29.95">29°57'E</geoCoordinate>
2700 ft [
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="220">c.</emphasis>
825 m] / Date: 20.xi.1997 / Coll: Barraclough &amp; Jones / Malaise
<normalizedToken originalValue="trap">trap'</normalizedToken>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-03363">'NMSA-DIP-03363'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA); 4♂ 8♀ 'R.S.A: KZ-Natal #77 / Itala Game Reserve /
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="south" minutes="28" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-27.466667">27°28'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="east" minutes="17" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="31.283333">31°17'E</geoCoordinate>
450 m / Date: 5.xi.1997 / Coll: J.G.H. &amp; A. Londt / Pongola
<normalizedToken originalValue="River">River'</normalizedToken>
, 1♂
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-03365">'NMSA-DIP-03365'</normalizedToken>
; 6♀
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106715-20">'NMSA-DIP-106715-20'</normalizedToken>
; 2♂ 2♀
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-61406-9">'NMSA-DIP-61406-9'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA); 2♂ 'RSA: KZ-Natal #48 / Hluhluwe Game Reserve /
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="south" minutes="05" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-28.083334">28°05'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="32" direction="east" minutes="02" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="32.033333">32°02'E</geoCoordinate>
180 m / Date: 12-15.i.1995 / Coll: D.A. Barraclough / For. Margins + riv.
<normalizedToken originalValue="gullies">gullies'</normalizedToken>
, 1♂
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-03361">'NMSA-DIP-03361'</normalizedToken>
; 1♂
<normalizedToken originalValue="NMSA-DIP-106721">'NMSA-DIP-106721'</normalizedToken>
(NMSA); 1♀ South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Mhlopeni Nature Reserve,
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="south" minutes="01" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="-29.020277">29°01'13&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="030" direction="east" minutes="25" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="01" value="30.416945">030°25'01&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 860 m, 2004
<normalizedToken originalValue="02">-02-</normalizedToken>
13, Acacia savannah, Londt, J., Dikow, T. (USNMENT00914291).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="221">
<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="221" start="start">Distribution</pageBreakToken>
, phenology and biology.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="221">
Widely distributed from East Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania) and eastern DRC to Southern Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe) (
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). Collected from October through to April (Table
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). Found associated with forest margins, woodland and more open savannah environments. A few specimens have been found close to rivers.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 5. Astochia armata habitat at Mhlopeni Nature Reserve (Photo: Torsten Dikow - 13 February 2004)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346336" pageId="6" pageNumber="221" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure5">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
shows the habitat in which the species was collected at Mhlopeni Nature Reserve in South Africa, while
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 6. Astochia armata habitat at Kasigau Mountain (Photo: Bob Copeland - 19 May 2011)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/346337" pageId="6" pageNumber="221" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.38432.figure6">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
shows the malaise trap environment at Kasigau Mountain in Kenya.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="221">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="221">Astochia armata</emphasis>
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habitat at Mhlopeni Nature Reserve (Photo: Torsten Dikow - 13 February 2004).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="221">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Astochia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Astochia armata" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="221" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="221">Astochia armata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
habitat at Kasigau Mountain (Photo: Bob Copeland - 19 May 2011).
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