A review of Lamyra Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae)
Author
Dikow, Torsten
Author
Londt, J. G. H.
text
African Entomology
2000
8
2
189
200
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.11279
Lamyra
vorax
Loew
, Figs 10-12, 15
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
: 355 [1860: 186].
Laphria nobilis Walker
, 1871: 258; Loew 1873.
It is unnecessary to redescribe this species as Loew (1860) and Theodor (1980) provided adequate descriptions.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
♂
,
SUDAN
: '
Chartum
/
Vierthaler'
[
15.35N
32.32E
] (
ZMHB
)
.
Material not examined.
BURKINA FASO
:
1♂
,
290 km
[locality not legible],
Ouagadougou
[
12.22N
01.31W
],
22.vii.1977
(
BMNH
)
.
DJIBOUTI
:
holotype
♂
,
Laphria nobilis Walker, 1871
, 'Tajura, [=
Tadjoura
11.47N
42.53E
]
Straits
Bab-el-Mendeb'
(
BMNH
)
.
ETHIOPIA
:
1♂
, Harrar
Abyssinia
[
Harer
=
09.19N
42.07E
] (
ZSMC
)
;
1♀
,
Abyssinia
(
ZSMC
)
.
GHANA
:
1♀
,
N. Territories
,
Yapi
[
09.10N
01.10W
],
ix.1915
,
J.J. Simpson
(
TAUI
)
;
2♀
,
N. Territories
,
Yapi
[
09.10N
01.10W
],
xi.1915
,
J.J. Simpson
(
BMNH
)
.
ISRAEL
:
1♀
,
Ein Gedi
[
31.27S
35.23E
],
23.iii.1968
,
Margalit
(
TAUI
)
;
1♂
,
Ghor Es Saliye
[
31.30S
35.30E
],
Wadi Araba
,
Dead Sea
,
4.vii.1946
(
TAUI
)
;
1♂
,
Ein Feshka
,
26.vi.1976
,
A. Freidberg
(
TAUI
)
;
1♀
,
3♂
,
South Dead-Sea, Ein es-saffish
,
v.1937
,
E. Rivnay
(1♀
BMNH
,
3♂
TAUI
)
.
MALAWI
:
1♀
,
3.iii.1913
,
S.A. Neave
(
TAUI
)
.
MAURITANIA
:
2♂
,
Aounel Atrous
[
16.38N
09.37W
],
10.ix.1961
,
G.B. Popov
(
BMNH
)
.
SAUDI ARABIA
:
1♀
,
1♂
,
in wadi nr. Thamud
[
21.30N
40.53E
],
8.ix.1956
,
D.J. Greathead
(
BMNH
)
.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
:
1♀
,
Sharjah
[
25.22N
55.23E
],
1969
,
D. Burgin
(
BMNH
)
.
YEMEN
:
1♀
,
Med. el. Abid
[
14.38N
43.58E
],
v.1980
,
T.L.
(
BMNH
)
;
1♂
,
nr. Jauf
[
15.50N
45.30E
],
25.vii. 1962
,
G. Popov
(
BMNH
)
.
COUNTRY UNKNOWN: ARABIA':
1♀
,
1♂
,
Ktubu
,
G.W. Bury
(
BMNH
)
.