Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821

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 : 46

Ommatius Wiedemann

Remarks. This large, nearly world wide, genus inhabits mostly tropical regions. It is well represented in the Neotropics with 100 varified species now reported. Of these, nearly 1/2 (46) is from the West Indies, with 21 from Hispaniola, largely the Dominican Republic, and the remaining 25 the other islands. We also report the discovery of the male of Ommatius cinnamomeus Scarbrough (1984) and illustrate its terminalia. The genus is distinguished by the pectinate style. Many species prefer tips of bare branches of woody or herbaceous vegetation along margins of sunlit clearings in, paths and roads through forested areas.