Andrenosoma Rondani

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 : 17

Andrenosoma Rondani

Andrenosoma Rondani, 1856: 160 . Type species: Laphria atra . Hull, 1962: 349; Martin & Papavero, 1970: 42.

Remarks. This large genus is distributed worldwide (Fisher, in press). About 35 described species are recorded in the Americas with most being in the Neotropics, of which 6 extend into the West Indies. Two of these are reported here for the first time from Hispaniola. Species are found in mature forests, perching on leaves and fallen logs near forest breaks. The immature stages develop in fallen logs. Dr. Eric Fisher, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, is revising a part of this genus.