Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 1980

Londt, Jason G. H. & Copeland, Robert S., 2013, A review of the Afrotropical genus Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 1980, with the description of a new species from East Africa (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae), African Invertebrates 54 (2), pp. 305-305 : 307

Genus Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 1980

Hermannella Hull, 1962: 34 .

Type species: Hermannella engeli Hull, 1962 , by original designation

- unior homonym, preoccupied by Hermannella Canu, 1891 .

Hermannomyia: Oldroyd 1980: 372 [replacement name for Hermanella Hull, 1962 ].

Diagnosis: Stenopogonine asilids ( Fig. 1 ) with the following combination of characters: Head: Antenna with compressed, strap-like postpedicel and terminal two-‘segmented’ style of similar form; head clearly wider than high in anterior view; face plane, not projecting ventrally; mystax extends down entire facial profile, from antennal bases to epistomal margin; palpi two-segmented; proboscis straight, not downcurved. Thorax: Anatergites asetose, wing with costal vein extending around entire margin (bordering anal lobe and alula). Abdomen: Usually constricted between segments 2 and 3; acanthophorites well-developed.

Figures

Fig. 1. Hermannomyia engeli (Hull, 1962), entire male.