Aneomochtherus monobia (Speiser, 1910)

Londt, Jason G. H., 2002, Afrotropical Asilinae (Asilidae): A provisional key to genera, with a review of the status of Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 1878, and descriptions of new genera and species, African Invertebrates 43, pp. 11-92 : 43-44

Aneomochtherus monobia (Speiser, 1910) ( Figs 117–123 )

Heligmoneura monobia Speiser, 1910: 104 .

Neomochtherus monobia ; Hull, 1962: 591; Tsacas, 1969: 23–24.

Neomochtherus signatipes not Lindner; Tsacas, 1969: 28–30.

Aneomochtherus monobia, Lehr, 1996: 78 .

Type Material: Holotype: TANZANIA: 1^ [seen], ‘ Kilimandjaro [= Kilimanjaro 03 ° 04'S: 37 ° 22'E] / Sjöstedt. 1905–6’, ‘1 nov.’, ‘ Heligmoneura / monobia [followed by illegible short squiggle] / P. Speiser det. / Type!’, ‘110/67 [pink]’, ‘ Neomochtherus / monobia F / Speiser / Holotype / L. Tsacas 1968 ’ ( NHRS).

Material examined: TANZANIA: 1ơ, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp , 3 ° 58'S: 37 ° 48'E, 880 m, Russell-Smith, Malaise trap, 29.i.1996; 1ơ, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp , 3 ° 58'S: 37 ° 48'E, 880 m, Russell-Smith, 20.xi.1995, Unburnt hillside; 2ơ 1^, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp , 3·58S 37·48E, 29 i.–11.iii.1996, van Noort, Malaise trap, Acacia / Commiphora / Combretum bushland ( SAMC); 1ơ 3^, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp , 3·58S 37·48E, 25.xii.1995 – 29.i.1995 (3^) 11 March–5 April 1996 (1ơ), van Noort, Malaise trap, Acacia / Commiphora / Combretum bushland ( SAMC); 1ơ, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp , 3·58S 37·48E, 5–14 iv.1996, van Noort, Malaise trap, Acacia / Commiphora / Combretum bushland ( SAMC); 1ơ, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Kikolo Plot , 04 ° 06·72'S 38 ° 01·37'E’, 25.xi.–8.xii.1995, van Noort, Commiphora woodland, Malaise trap ( SAMC).

Type locality: Kilimandjaro, Tanzania .

Comments: With the availability of new material from Kenya and Tanzania ( Mkomazi Game Reserve ) and the types of africanus and monobia , it is now possible to clarify the status of these species (see discussion of africanus above) and to describe the male of monobia . All known records of monobia are from northern Tanzania.

Figures

Figs 117–123. Aneomochtherus monobia (Speiser, 1910). (Mkomazi ơ & ^). 117. Antenna. 118. Wing. 119–121. ơ genitalia. 119. Lateral. 120. Dorsal. 121. Ventral.122–123. ^ genitalia. 122. Lateral. 123. Dorsal. Scale lines = 1 mm.