Thecophora Rondani, 1845

Stuke, Jens-Hermann, 2015, New Conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera). Part 1: Paramyopa Kröber, Pseudoconops Camras, Stylogaster Macquart, Thecophora Rondani, and Zodion Latreille, Zootaxa 3963 (2), pp. 101-159 : 105

Thecophora Rondani, 1845

The identification of Afrotropical Thecophora is extremely difficult using the existing literature because the species descriptions are usually inadequate for the separation of closely related species, many of which are very similar. In most cases only females can reliably be identified. The interpretation of the Afrotropical species is summarised in the key below.

At present there are some 11 Thecophora species recognised in the Afrotropical Region. Additional species can be expected, however, since a few of the male specimens which came to my attention might represent undescribed species.