2a Wings banded with yellow -brown stained areas, membrane extensively covered with microtrichia; scutellar margin lacking setae; setae of prothoracic coxae and macrosetae of terga black; major mystacal macrosetae largely confined to epistomal margin. Illustrations - Head (Fig. 1), Antenna (Fig. 4), Wing (Fig. 7), Hypopygium (Figs 16-18), Ovipositor (Fig. 34), T2 (Fig. 39), Claws (Fig. 45), Distribution (Fig. 48) .....................................................................................

fascipennis Engel

Synonymy: Anypodetus fascipennis Engel, 1924:103;

Anypodetus semirufus Engel, 1924: 104; Anypodetus maculipennis Ricardo, 1925: 242 .

Material examined: BOTSWANA: 3♂, Farmer’s Brigade, Serowe, 22 ° 25'S: 26 ° 44'E, 1000 m, 28.xi.1980, P Forchhammer, Malaise trap; 4♂ 15♀, Farmer’s Brigade, Serowe, 2226BD, x.1985 (1♂2♀) - xii.1985 (1♀) - 8.xi.1988 (1♀) - 9.xi.1988 (1♂1♀) - x.1989 (5♀) - xi.1989 (2♂5♀), Forchhammer, Malaise trap; 1♂, Farmer’s Brigade, 6 km SE Serowe, 1300 m, 26.x.1984, Forchhammer, Forestry nursery, A. tortillis woodland; 3♂ 1♀, Serowe, 26.xi.1982 (♂&♀) 21.xii.1982 (♂) 23.x.1982 (♂), Forchhammer, day; 1♀, Palapye [22 ° 33'S: 27 ° 08'E], B.P., 18.x.1923, R Stevenson (SAMC); NAMIBIA: 1♀, SWA [= South West Africa = Namibia], iii.1923, Mus. Exp.; 1♀, Epupa Falls [16 ° 55'S: 13 ° 10'E], Kunene, 20-22.ii.1994, F Koch (ZMHB); 1♀, Epupa Falls 17 ° 00'S:13 ° 15'E [use 16 ° 55'S:13:10'E], Kunene, 19-21.ii.1994, H Schumann (ZMHB); 3♀, Ruacana Falls [17 ° 23'S: 14 ° 15'E], Kunene, 23-24.ii.1994, F Koch (ZMHB) ; 1♀, Kaross [19 ° 30'S: 14 ° 20'E], ii.1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 1♂, 27 mi S Tsumeb [19 ° 14'S: 17 ° 43'E], 10.xii.1956; 1♀, Outjo [20 ° 07'S: 16 ° 09'E], i.1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 1♂ 1♀, 80 mi S Gobabis [22 ° 27'S: 18 ° 58'E], 30.xii.1960, WD Haacke; 1♀, Portsmut, Hakos Mts., 2416AB, 7.ii.1969, B Lamoral; 1♂, Warmbad [28 ° 27'S: 18 ° 44'E], Koakoveld, ii.1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂ 1♀, Beacon Ranch, 20 km NW Gravelotte [23 ° 57'S: 30 ° 37'E], 17.xi.1978, Brothers & J -Guillarmod; 2♂, Moorddrift [24 ° 17'S: 28 ° 57'E], 7-19.x.1907, CJ Swierstra; 1♂ 1♀, Pretoria [District 25 ° 30'S: 28 ° 10'E], i.1919, Dr Brauns; 1♂, Kaapmuiden [25 ° 32'S: 31 ° 19'E], 30.x.1918, RWE Tucker (SAMC) ; 1♀, Vryburg [26 ° 57'S: 24 ° 44'E], Griqualand West, x.1939, Mus. Staff (SAMC) ; 1♂ 1♀, De la Rey [= Delareyville 26 ° 42'S: 25 ° 28'E], i.1917 (♂) - 15.i.1917 (♀), Dr Brauns; 11♂4♀, De la Rey, i.1919, Dr Brauns; 1♂ 1♀, 35 km WNW Upington, 2820BD, 20.iii.1980, J Londt & L Schoeman, roadside vegetation; 1♂ 1♀, 10 miles W Hopetown C.P. [29 ° 37'S: 24 ° 05'E], 27.i.1930, HK Munro [SANC]; 1♀, Bloemfontein [District 29 ° 10'S: 26 ° 00'E], 12.xii.1920, HK Munro; 1♂, 22 km SE Graaff -Reinet on Pearston Rd., 32 ° 27'S: 24 ° 38'E, 750 m, 7.xii.1989, J&H Londt, Open Karoo scrub/flowers; 1♀, Merweville [32 ° 40'S: 21 ° 31'E] Dist., ii.1941, H. Zinn (SAMC); 4♂ 6♀, Willowmore [33 ° 17'S: 23 ° 30'E], ii.1907 (♀) - 20.i.1908 (♀) - 1.i.1909 (♂) - 10.ii.1909 (♀) - xii.1912 (♂) - 1.i.1913 (2♀) - xii.1920 (♀) - 5.i.1922 (♂) - 10.xii.1922 (♂), Dr Brauns; 1♂, Willowmore, 2.i.1913, Dr Brauns (SAMC); ZIMBABWE: 1♂ 2♀, Hillside [17 ° 50'S: 31 ° 05'E], xi.1922 (♂) - 5.xi.1922 (♀) - 4.ii.1923 (♀), Swinburne & Stevenson; 1♂, Sawmills [19 ° 35'S: 28 ° 02'E], 14.xi.1924, RHR Stevenson; 1♂ 1♀, Bulawayo [20 ° 09'S: 28 ° 35'E], xi.1922 (♂) - 1924 (♀), RHR Stevenson; 2♂ 1♀, Bulawayo, 12.x. & 4.xi.1923, R. Stevenson (SAMC).

Notes: Type material not seen: A. fascipennis - 1♂, South Africa, Willowmore, 1.1.1907, Dr Brauns & 2♂1♀, Delarey, Dr Brauns, types in ZSMC; A. semirufus - 3♂1♀, South Africa, Willowmore, 1.I. - 5.I.1922, Dr Brauns. Engel (1924) did not indicate the type status of each specimen. If these are syntypes it will be necessary to designate lectotypes for both fascipennis and semirufus . I have seen many specimens from both Willowmore and Deleray collected by Brauns. A. maculipennis - 1♂1♀ syntypes ( maculipennis), Zimbabwe, Saw Mills (and other material from same locality) apparently in the National Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo. I have seen other material from this locality.

A. fascipennis: Examination of the full series of specimens at my disposal supports acceptance of the synonymy of semirufus Engel and maculipennis Ricardo as suggested by Oldroyd (1974). Although I have not seen Ricardo’s syntypes of maculipennis, I here designate the male as lectotype and the female as paralectotype.

Abbreviations:

SP - Subtropical plateau. TEP - Temperate eastern plateau.

D - Desert. PS - Plateau slopes.

M - Mediterranean. SC - Subtropical coast.

SAP - Semi -arid plateau. WTP - Warm temperate plateau.

TC - Temperate coast. SL - Subtropical lowveld.

A. fascipennis: The most widely distributed species, known from six climatic regions. Not reported from the higher rainfall areas of the eastern parts of the subcontinent.