Anasillomos, Londt, 1983

Londt, Jason G. H., 1983, The Genus Daspletis Loew, 1858 And The Description Of Two New Genera, Anasillomos And Remotomyia (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae), Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46 (2), pp. 283-308 : 284

Anasillomos gen. nov.

Derivation: Gr. anasillos = bristling hair; omos = shoulder. Refers to the strong bristles found on the lateral extremities of the pronotum and on the propleuron.

Type species: Anasillomos chrysopos spec. nov. by present designation. Presently monotypíc.

Diagnosis: Stenopogonine flies with the following combination of characters: Antenna with well-developed microsegment; first fiagcllomere longer than scape and pedicel combined; propleuron and lateral lobes of pronotum equipped with strong welldeveloped bristles ( Fig. 2 ): palps at least half as long as proboscis; facial swellìng not markedly projecting in dorsal part (Fig. a); Cell m, narrowly open on wing margin; dorsocentral bristles poorly developed anterior of transverse suture.

Figures

Figs 1-5. Anasillomas chıysopos spec. nov. paratype male. 1. Antenna, lateral aspect. 2. Head and part of thorax. 3-5. Genitalia. 3. Lateral. 4. Ventral. 5. Dorsal.