Anchophthalmus, GERSTAECKER, 1854

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SUBGENUS ANCHOPHTHALMUS GERSTAECKER, 1854

Type species: Anchophthalmus silphoides Gerstaecker, 1854 ; by original designation.

Diagnostic characters: The subgenus Anchophthalmus is distinguished from all other Afrotropical platynotoid Platynotina by having lateral wings of mentum visible from the base.

Distribution: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Species composition (30): Anchophthalmus algoensis Péringuey, 1904 , Anchophthalmus altioricola Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus backlundi Ferrer, 1983 , Anchophthalmus barbosai (Koch, 1956) , Anchophthalmus basilewski Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus bredoi Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus brevis Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus cariniceps Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus clathratus ( Fåhraeus, 1870) , Anchophthalmus curvipes Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus dentipes Gerstaecker, 1854 , Anchophthalmus eurychoroides Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus gerstaeckeri Iwan 2002b , Anchophthalmus katangicus Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus mittoni Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus muellerae Schimrosczyk, 2010 , Anchophthalmus nyassicus Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus obsoletus ( Ancey, 1877) , Anchophthalmus oncotipes Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus pedestris Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus plicipennis Péringuey, 1904 , Anchophthalmus pulvereus Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus silphoides Gerstaecker, 1854 , Anchophthalmus simplex Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus soleatus Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus spinipes Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus straeleni Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus striolipennis Koch, 1956 , Anchophthalmus tenuisculptus Ferrer, 1995 , Anchophthalmus variabilis Gebien, 1910 .