Daspletis Loew, 1858

Londt, Jason G. H., 2010, A review of Daspletis Loew, 1858 with the addition of a remarkable South African species (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae), African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 183-183 : 185

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scientific name	Daspletis Loew, 1858
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Genus Daspletis Loew, 1858 View in CoL View at ENA

Daspletis: Loew 1858: 337 View in CoL ; Londt 1983: 285 View Cited Treatment . Type species: D. vulpes Loew, 1858: 337 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Neodysmachus Ricardo, 1925: 263 View in CoL . Type species: N. setithoracicus Ricardo, 1925: 264 View in CoL , by original de- signation.

Diagnosis: The following characters were extracted from Londt’s (1999) key to Afrotropical stenopogonine genera and serve as a brief generic diagnosis.Anatergites setose (a character effectively dividing the subfamily into two distinct groups); antennal postpedicel lacking a distinct style, and tipped with a small pit enclosing a sensory spine (this feature is shared only by Microstylum Macquart, 1838 ); facial swelling occupying lower three-quarters of face, entirely setose; presutural dorsocentral macrosetae well developed; vein M 1 not strongly arched anteriorly; postmetacoxal membrane long setose (these last few characters are used to separate the genus from Microstylum ).

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References

LOEW, H. 1858 [1857]. Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [part]. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps- Akademiens Forhandlingar 14: 337 - 383.

LONDT, J. G. H. 1983. The genus Daspletis Loew, 1858 and the description of two new genera, Anasillomos and Remotomyia (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46 (2): 283 - 308.

RICARDO, G. 1925. New species of Asilidae from South Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology (9) 15: 234 - 282.