GIBSON, Gibson & Skevington, 2013

Gibson, Joel F. & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of all genera of Conopidae (Diptera) based on morphological data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1), pp. 43-81 : 63

ASICONOPINI GIBSON TRIB. NOV.

Type genus Asiconops Chen, 1939: 171 . Genera included: Anticonops Kröber, 1936: 285 , Archiconops Smith 1975: 375 , Asiconops , Smithiconops Camras, 2000: 221 . Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphy: angle between vein CuA 1 and crossvein dm-cu obtuse (77). Setae on the maxillary palpi are completely absent in Asiconopini (39); this character state is also observed in Physocephalini + Tropidomyiini and most Neoconopini .

The genus Anticonops is described based on one female specimen from the Congo. Kröber’s (1936) original description suggests that it is similar to Conops , but does not specify a species or subgenus. The extremely long prementum suggests a similarity to Asiconops (s.l.), but with a distinct condition of the female terminalia.

All of the genera currently placed in Asiconopini were previously placed in Conopini , with two of the genera being subgenera of Conops . The absence of an ocellar tubercle, maxillary palpi, scutellar bristles, and broad male abdominal tergites 3 and 4, as well as the presence of a characteristic acute angle between vein CuA 1 and crossvein dm-cu, separate members of Asiconopini from Conopini as presently defined.

Species examined – Anticonops abdominalis ; Archiconops insularis ; Archiconops pseudoerythrocephalus ; Asiconops (Aegloconops) quadripunctatus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) ater comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) aureomaculatus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) australianus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) chinensis comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) nubeculosus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Asiconops) verus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Ceratoconops) ornatus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Diconops) geminatus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Diconops) trichus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Sphenoconops) brunneosericeus comb. nov. ( Conops ); Asiconops (Sphenoconops) nobilis comb. nov. ( Conops ); Smithiconops guineensis comb. nov. ( Conops ); Smithiconops rondanii comb. nov. ( Conops ).