Atoniomyia Hermann, 1912

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, Zootaxa 1381, pp. 1-91 : 35-36

Atoniomyia Hermann

Atonia Williston, 1889: 257 . (preocc. Gistel, 1848). Type species: mikii Williston ( Williston, 1901: 316) .

Atoniomyia Hermann, 1912: 81 . (nom. nov. for Atonia Williston ). Type species: mikii Williston (aut. as mickii, err).

Remarks. This largely Neotropical genus consists of 16 species, one of which is Neartic ( Martin & Papavero, 1970). It is distinguished by its small (6–7 mm) robust body, strongly punctate scutum and abdominal tergites, short, appressed setae, and the terminalia are concealed by the cup-shaped tergite 6. The flagellum has an apical, down-turned scape with microsegment at its base. Species perch on soil near streams or low on vegetation near ground level ( Fisher and Hespenheide, 1992; Fisher, in press). We report 2 females of an undescribed species and A. mikii (Williston) from Azua and Barahona provinces in the Dominican Republic.