Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972

Londt, Jason G. H., 2019, A revision of Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972 with the descriptions of two new species from South Africa (Diptera, Asilidae, Stenopogoninae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 67-82 : 67

Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972

Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972: 635. Type species: Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

(based primarily on key characters used by Londt and Dikow (2017)):

Head: Antennal stylus without long setulae. Head distinctly wider than high in anterior view. Facial protuberance only slightly projecting ventrally. Frons only slightly divergent. Eye more or less oval in lateral view. Mystax separated from antennal sockets by a distinct gap. Tentorial pits small, slit-like, inconspicuous ventrally. Proboscis straight. Palpus 2-segmented.

Thorax: Prosternum separated from proepisternum by membranous area. Anepisternum lacking strong macroseta at superoposterior angle. Anepimeron with macroseta anteriorly. Anatergite asetose. Wings: Alula well-developed. Costal vein circumambient. Vein R2+3 ending in Costal vein, cell r1 thus open at wing margin. Legs: Fore tibia without spine-like tibial processes. Tarsi with pulvilli. Hind tarsus of males with laterally compressed and blade-like empodium.

Abdomen: T2 wider than long. Female terminalia with divided T10, bearing acanthophorite macrotrichia.