The Genus Daspletis Loew, 1858 And The Description Of Two New Genera, Anasillomos And Remotomyia (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae)
Londt, Jason G. H.
Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
1983
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Londt, 1983
Londt
1983
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Insecta
Asilidae
Remotomyia
Animalia
Diptera
18
301
Arthropoda
genus
gen . nov .
Derivation: L. remotus; ='- remote; G. myia= fly. Refers to the fact that flies of this group inhabit remote areas.
Type species: Daspletis albosetatus Hull, 1967by present designation.
Diagnosis: Stenopogonine flies with the following combination of characters: Antenna with well-developed microsegment and enlarged scape (medially) and scutellum with strong bristles; propleuron and lateral lobes of pronotum with fine setae only - no strong bristles; palps usually less than half the length of the proboscis (except in langipalpus); facial swelling not markedly projecting in dorsal part ( Fig. 36); É? with setae of abdominal segments 6 and 7 anteriorly directed (those on segments 1-5 posteriorly directed).