Dasyllis Loew, 1851

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 : 19

Dasyllis Loew

Laphria Loew, 1851: 20 . Type species: Laphria haemorrhoa Wiedemann (orig. des.). Andrenosoma Martin & Papavero, 1970: 45 .

Dasyllis Hull, 1962: 358 . Fisher, 1986: 105.

Remarks. This Neotropical genus currently consists of 26 medium-sized to large species with a black or reddish to yellowish integument ( Fisher 1986, Fisher in press). The species are distinguished from all other Andrenosomini by the following combination of characters: broad, wedge-shaped proboscis; proboscis apically parallel-sided, apex with distinct V-shaped notch; gonostylus bilobed with longitudinal 'comb' of stout reclinate setae, and usually preceeded by an apical tooth ( Fisher, 1986). Only Dasyllis cressa (McAtee) from Cuba and D. rufa (Bromley) from Hispaniola occur in the West Indies. Dr. Eric Fisher, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, will report a new genus of ten species that includes the latter two species. As most Andrenosomini , Dasyllis species inhabit mature forests. The immatures develop in fallen logs ( Fisher & Hespenheide,1992).