identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
7A9725B956955E7BA80A6FA6F4E6F1A6.text	7A9725B956955E7BA80A6FA6F4E6F1A6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Africaterphis acroceroides (Sabrosky 1950)	<div><p>Africaterphis acroceroides (Sabrosky, 1950)</p><p>Figs 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13</p><p>Terphis acroceroides Sabrosky, 1950: 50 – Schlinger (1960: 497).</p><p>Africaterphis acroceroides (Sabrosky 1950: 50) – Schlinger 1968: 62; Schlinger 1980: 378; Barraclough 1984: 56.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype (Photographs only). Democratic Republic of the Congo • ♂; Katanga Province, Tenke; 30 Jul. – 9 Aug. 1931; Miss A. Mackie leg.; BMNH (E) # 241481; NHMUK 013444824; NHMUK</p><p>Paratype. Democratic Republic of the Congo • ♂; Katanga Province, Tenke; 30 Jul. – 9 Aug. 1931; Miss A. Mackie leg.; BMNH (E) # 241481; USNMENT 01842970; USNM .</p><p>Other material.</p><p>Eswatini • 1 ♂; Mhlume; 26°00'S, 31°65'E; 200 m asl; 18 Aug. 1983; Swept in dry grass; NMSA -Dip 0000006; NMSA .</p><p>Mozambique • 1 ♀; Ville Paiva d’Andrada; Sept 1957; B. R. Stuckenberg leg.; Taken from Gallery forest; NMSA -Dip 000007; NMSA .</p><p>Zimbabwe • 1 ♂; Bomponi, Vumba; 16 May 1965; D. M. Cookson leg.; NMSA -Dip 000010; NMSA • 1 ♂ same data as preceding; 24 May 1965; NMSA -Dip 000008 • 4 ♂♂; Eastern Vumba; 6 May 1965; D. M. Cookson leg.; NMSA -Dip 000009, 142294–6; NMSA • 1 ♀; Harare [as Salisbury]; 23 Jul. 1965; I. L. Bissett leg.; AMGS -ENT 57645; AMGS .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Africaterphis acroceroides can be distinguished from the known species in the genus by the combination of yellow anterior half of the postpronotal lobes in males; brown anterior half of the postpronotal lobes in females (brown in female A. gertschi; yellow and brown in male A. gertschi and yellow in female A. stefanfoordi sp. nov.) and predominantly yellow scutum with black dorsal fasciae in males; brown with darker brown dorsal fasciae in females (predominantly black in A. gertschi and predominantly brown in A. stefanfoordi sp. nov.).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male. Length of entire specimen 5.5–6.7 mm, wing length 4–4.3 mm.</p><p>Head black, spherical, eyes contiguous above and below antennae. Antennae brown, minute; segment 1 hardly discernible under antennal tubercle; segment 2 short, round, pollinose; segment 3 shiny, not pollinose, round basally with large sensorial pits, with a straight, short, broad style arising dorso-apically at apex; style with one apical setae. Small, triangular area below antennae without eye facets. Antennal tubercle shiny, bluntly pointed, extending to the base of antennal segment 3; bare. Ocelli brown, on raised triangle; median ocellus absent; lateral ocelli large, oval, 2 times wider than long, not touching eye margin. Vertical depression rugose. Occiput smooth laterally and dorsally, slightly sculptured above on posterior margin, with bristle like pile dorsally. Mouthparts visible, reduced, without surrounding small raised lip.</p><p>Thorax rugose, more so on pale areas, with short white pile over entire surface. Scutum yellow, with three dorsal black markings. Central fascia arrow shaped, broad between postpronotal lobes, tapering strongly then approximately parallel sided, with small triangular constrictions just before the posterior margin. Postero-lateral maculae large, quadrilateral, black; narrowest at scutellar margin, medial margin parallel to central fascia, broadest in line with wing base. Dark fascia sometimes present below posterior calli. Strongly arched, slightly depressed on yellow parts. Scutellum yellow, except for a small basal black macula and margin. Postpronotal lobes yellowish-white, contiguous for about as long as length of ocellar triangle, with a small brown spot on postero-medial angle. Pleurites brown, yellow around prothoracic spiracle. Anepisternum and meron swollen; less rugose than scutum.</p><p>Legs pale yellow, except for pale brown coxa; with yellow pile.</p><p>Wings pale white, almost hyaline, except narrowly brown at base. Wing veins pale brown; well-developed anteriorly, reduced medially and absent posteriorly. Lower calypter yellowish-white with darker yellow border, broadly connected to thorax along half of antero-dorsal margin. Halter stem and knob dark yellow.</p><p>Abdomen densely punctured, longer than thorax, widest at segment 3, segments 1 narrower than segment 5; tergite 1 short, but prominently raised; tergites 4 to 6 fold over ventrally. With short appressed white pile over the entire surface, longer posteriorly. Tergite 1 dark brown, with thin yellow fascia on the posterior margin. Other tergites yellow with dark brown fasciae on anterior margin, broader centrally on tergites 2 and 3, occupying ⅛ to 1 / 3 of tergites 2 to 3 and 1 / 6 to ¼ of tergites 4 to 6. Sternites yellow. Genitalia small, brown.</p><p>Female as for male except:</p><p>Length of entire specimen 4.4–5.5 mm., wing length 3.1–4.0 mm.</p><p>Head: Mouthparts not visible, reduced, without surrounding small raised lip.</p><p>Thorax with short brown pile over entire surface. Scutum brown, with dorsal darker brown markings. Posterior calli yellow. Strongly arched, slightly depressed on light brown parts. Scutellum brown, paler brown centrally. Postpronotal lobes brown.</p><p>Wings: Lower calypter yellowish-white on surface and border. Halter stem and knob dark pale brown.</p><p>Abdomen: Tergite 1 brown, with thin pale brown fascia on the posterior margin. Other tergites yellow with brown fasciae on anterior margin, not broader centrally, ¼ of tergites 2 to 6. Sternites brown.</p><p>Comments.</p><p>The males of A. acroceroides are easily identified by their striking yellow and black colour patterns. This species has the widest known distribution in the genus (Fig. 1), ranging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Eswatini, though all collecting sites are in woodlands or forests.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A9725B956955E7BA80A6FA6F4E6F1A6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Midgley, John M.;Theron, Genevieve L.	Midgley, John M., Theron, Genevieve L. (2025): Revision of the Afrotropical spider fly genus Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 (Diptera, Acroceridae) with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 66 (1): 193-206, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.138761
34CF9D8C297F586DA51136D7E76CB3C7.text	34CF9D8C297F586DA51136D7E76CB3C7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Africaterphis gertschi (Schlinger 1960)	<div><p>Africaterphis gertschi (Schlinger, 1960)</p><p>Figs 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15</p><p>Terphis gertschi Schlinger 1960: 497.</p><p>Africaterphis gertschi (Schlinger 1960: 497) – Schlinger (1968: 62); Schlinger (1980: 378); Barraclough (1984: 56).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype (photographs only). South Africa • ♂; Western Cape [as Cape Province], Ceres; 1500 ft asl; 1–3 Jan. 1921; R. E. Turner leg.; BMNH (E) 241282; NHMUK 013444825; NHMUK.</p><p>Paratype. South Africa • 1 ♂; Western Cape, Ceres, Matroosberg; 3500 ft; Nov. 1917; Lightfoot leg.; SAM-DIP A 009073; SAMC .</p><p>Other material.</p><p>South Africa • 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀; Eastern Cape [as Cape Province], Makhanda [as Grahamstown], Hilton; 13–30 Nov. 1970; FW Gess leg.; Malaise trap; AMGS -ENT 57341, AMGS -ENT 57342, AMGS -ENT 57344, AMGS -ENT 37346, AMGS -ENT 57347; AMGS • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 5–9 Nov. 1970; AMGS -ENT 57338; AMGS • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 28–30 Oct. 1970; AMGS -ENT 57340 ’ • 1 ♀; same data as preceding; 1–16 Jan. 1971; AMGS -ENT 57345; AMGS • 1 ♀; same data as preceding; 8–12 Oct. 1975; AMGS -ENT 57343; AMGS • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 22–26 Oct. 1975; AMGS -ENT 57339; AMGS • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 5–9 Nov. 1975; NMSA -Dip 000011; NMSA • 1 ♀; same data as preceding; 5–7 Dec. 1977; NMSA -Dip 000012; NMSA • 2 ♂♂ Western Cape, Gamkaskloof, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=21.6275&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.36347" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 21.6275/lat -33.36347)">Die Hel</a>; 33°21.808'S, 21°37.650'E; 16–18 Oct. 2012; 336 m; AH Kirk-Spriggs leg.; BMSA (D) 38528, BMSA (D) 38529; BMSA • 1 ♂; Western Cape, Grabouw; 6 Jan. 1971; J. G. Theron leg.; SUEC • 1 ♀; Western Cape [as Cape], Nuwekloof, 3 km E. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.1&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.316666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.1/lat -33.316666)">Gouda</a>; 33°19'S, 19°06'E; 5 Oct. 1993; J. G. H Londt leg.; old road and riverbanks; NMSA -Dip 000316; NMSA .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Africaterphis gertschi can be distinguished from the known species in the genus by the combination of brown anterior half of the postpronotal lobes in the case of females and yellow and brown in the case of males (brown in female A. acroceroides and yellow in female A. stefanfoordi sp. nov.) and predominantly black scutum (yellow with black fasciae in male A. acroceroides and predominantly brown in A. stefanfoordi sp. nov.).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male. Length of entire specimen 4.5–6.6 mm., wing length 2.9–3.7 mm.</p><p>Head black, spherical, eyes contiguous above and below antennae. Antennae brown, minute; segment 1 hardly discernible under antennal tubercle; segment 2 short, round, pollinose; segment 3 shiny, not pollinose, broad and round basally with large sensorial pits, with a straight, short, broad style arising dorsally at apex; style with four short apical setae. Small, triangular area below antennae without eye facets. Antennal tubercle shiny, longitudinally ridged, flat below, with acute median tip extending out beyond base of antennal segment 3; with several scattered long setae. Ocelli brown, on broad triangle; median ocellus small, circular; lateral ocelli large, oval, 2 times wider than long, touching eye margin. Vertical depression and surrounding ridge rugose. Occiput smooth laterally, sculptured above on posterior margin, with bristle like pile posteriorly. Mouthparts not visible, area surrounded by small raised lip.</p><p>Thorax rugose, with short white pile over entire surface. Scutum mostly black, with yellowish white spots posterior to the postpronotal lobes, brown on dorsal ridge of postalar callus, usually with a yellowish brown spot posterior to postalar callus, which ranges from small and rounded to larger and more triangular. Strongly arched, with three deep but narrow longitudinal grooves, the medial one running the entire length of the scutum, the lateral grooves running from in line with the postpronotal lobes to in line with the postalar calli. Scutellum black centrally, with brown areas laterally as it transitions to yellow posterior border. Postpronotal lobes mostly yellowish-white, contiguous for about as long as length of ocellar triangle, with a small brown spot next to the prothoracic spiracle. Pleurites black, but with brown spots surrounding prothoracic spiracle and ventral of the postpronotal lobes. Anepisternum and meron swollen; katepisternum and upper part of postalar callus no rugose.</p><p>Legs pale yellow, except for the coxae and central 3 / 4 of the femur which are brown and tarsi which are sometimes pale brown; with yellow pile.</p><p>Wings pale white, almost hyaline, except narrowly brown at base. Wing veins white, except brown at base; veins well developed anteriorly, reduced medially and absent posteriorly. Lower calypter white with white border, broadly connected to thorax along half or antero-dorsal margin. Halter stem brown, knob yellowish brown.</p><p>Abdomen densely punctured, as long as thorax, widest at segment 3, segments 1 and 5 of equal width; tergites 2 to 4 with deep groove anteriorly which fits under the preceding tergite, tergite 1 short, but prominently raised; tergites 4 to 6 fold over ventrally. With short appressed white pile over the entire surface. Tergite 1 black, with thin yellow fascia on posterior margin. Other tergites yellow with black fasciae on anterior margin, occupying ½ to 2 / 3 of tergite 2, 1 / 3 to 3 / 5 of tergite 3 and 1 / 10 to ½ of tergites 4 to 6. Sternites yellow. Genitalia small, brown.</p><p>Female as for male except:</p><p>Length of entire specimen 6.0– 6.4 mm., wing length 3.9–4.5 mm.</p><p>Head. Lateral ocelli 3 times as long as wide. Mouthparts reduced, yellow, area surrounded by small raised lip.</p><p>Thorax: Scutum mostly dark brown, lighter brown laterally. Longitudinal grooves shallower. Scutellum brown, slightly lighter on basal corners. Postpronotal lobes brown, except for a small yellow spot near the posterior border. Pleurites brown.</p><p>Legs brown, except for the tip of the femur and dorsal side of tarsi, which are yellow.</p><p>Wings faintly brown infuscated. Wing veins brown. Lower calypter brown, rim brown except for medial angle where it is whitish.</p><p>Abdomen, longer than thorax, widest at segment 4, segments 1 and 6 of equal width; tergites 2 and 3 with shallow groove anteriorly. Tergites and sternites brown.</p><p>Comments.</p><p>Found in Fynbos and Thicket vegetation in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa (Fig. 1). Unlike the other known species, A. gertschi is limited to the winter rainfall region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/34CF9D8C297F586DA51136D7E76CB3C7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Midgley, John M.;Theron, Genevieve L.	Midgley, John M., Theron, Genevieve L. (2025): Revision of the Afrotropical spider fly genus Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 (Diptera, Acroceridae) with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 66 (1): 193-206, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.138761
39A4008390D955FB85D268EE572E8D9E.text	39A4008390D955FB85D268EE572E8D9E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Africaterphis Schlinger 1968	<div><p>Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968</p><p>Figs 2–6, 7–11, 12–16</p><p>Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968: 61. — Barraclough (1984: 54); Gillung and Winterton (2011: 25). Type species: Terphis acroceroides Sabrosky, 1950: 50 (by original designation).</p><p>Terphis sensu Sabrosky 1950: 48. Schlinger (1960: 496).</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Africaterphis can most easily be distinguished from other Philopotinae by their bare eyes; highly reduced wing venation; globose abdomen; and postpronotal lobes being proximate but not abutted medially, body coloration drab (not metallic); eyes contiguous above and below antennal base; antennae placed on lower part of head, adjacent to mouthparts; flagellum stylate; legs not elongated; abdominal tergites smooth, rounded in lateral view.</p><p>Comments.</p><p>Africaterphis contains three valid species. While A. gertschi appears to be limited to the winter rainfall region of South Africa, A. acroceroides and A. stefanfoordi sp. nov. occur in the summer rainfall areas and are not as well separated geographically (Fig. 1).</p><p>Species included.</p><p>Africaterphis acroceroides (Sabrosky 1950), Africaterphis gertschi (Schlinger 1960), Africaterphis stefanfoordi sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/39A4008390D955FB85D268EE572E8D9E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Midgley, John M.;Theron, Genevieve L.	Midgley, John M., Theron, Genevieve L. (2025): Revision of the Afrotropical spider fly genus Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 (Diptera, Acroceridae) with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 66 (1): 193-206, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.138761
BF5A7E73409150F4BD4DD08841A18A65.text	BF5A7E73409150F4BD4DD08841A18A65.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Africaterphis stefanfoordi Midgley & Theron 2025	<div><p>Africaterphis stefanfoordi sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 6, 11, 16</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. Botswana • ♀; Serowe; 3 Sept. 1983; P. Forchhammer leg.; NMSA -Dip 142325; NMSA.</p><p>Paratype. South Africa • 1 ♀; Mpumalanga, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.316668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.316668/lat -25.533333)">Kaapmuiden</a>; 25°32'S, 31°19'E; Apr. 1967; J. E. P. leg.; NMSA -Dip 142324; NMSA .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Africaterphis stefanfoordi sp. nov. can be distinguished from the known species in the genus by the combination of yellow anterior half of the postpronotal lobes (brown in female A. gertschi and A. acroceroides; yellow and brown in male A. gertschi) and predominantly brown scutum (yellow with black fasciae in male A. acroceroides).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Female. Length of entire specimen 7.6–8.8 mm., wing length 6.1–6.8 mm.</p><p>Head black, spherical, eyes contiguous above and below antennae. Antennae brown, minute; segment 1 hardly discernible under antennal tubercle; segment 2 short, round, pollinose; segment 3 shiny, not pollinose, broad and oval basally with large sensorial pits, with a straight, short, broad style arising dorsally at apex; style without apical setae. Small, triangular area below antennae without eye facets. Antennal tubercle broader than high, shiny, flat below, with rounded tip extending to base of antennal segment 3; with several scattered long setae. Ocelli brown, on small, raised triangle; median ocellus absent; lateral ocelli large, oval, 2 times wider than long, not touching eye margin. Vertical depression and surrounding ridge faintly rugose. Occiput smooth laterally, sculptured above on posterior margin, with bristle like pile laterally. Mouthparts reduced, yellow.</p><p>Thorax rugose, with short light brown pile over entire surface. Scutum mostly brown, with yellowish white spots posterior to the postpronotal lobes and on the postalar callus, medial vitta dark brown, lateral maculae black. Strongly arched, with three narrow longitudinal grooves, the medial one short and shallow, starting after the postpronotal lobes and stopping in line with the wings, the lateral grooves running from just behind the postpronotal lobes to in line with the postalar calli. Scutellum brown centrally, with two yellow maculae medio-laterally and dark brown laterally; with dark brown posterior border. Postpronotal lobes mostly yellowish-white, contiguous for about as long as length of ocellar triangle, brown on medial part of the posterior border. Pleurites brown, but with a yellow macula surrounding prothoracic spiracle. Anepisternum and meron swollen; katepisternum less rugose.</p><p>Legs pale yellow, except for the coxae are brown; with yellow pile.</p><p>Wings pale white, almost hyaline, except narrowly brown at base. Wing veins brown; veins well developed anteriorly, reduced medially and absent posteriorly. Lower calypter white with white border, broadly connected to thorax along half or antero-dorsal margin. Halter stem and knob yellowish brown.</p><p>Abdomen densely punctured, as long as thorax, widest at join of segment 3 and 4, segment 1 slightly narrower than segment 5; tergite 1 short, but prominently raised; tergites 4 to 6 fold over ventrally. With short appressed pale yellow pile over the entire surface, longer posteriorly. Tergite 1 dark brown, with thin yellow fascia on posterior margin. Other tergites brown with yellow fasciae on posterior margin, occupying 1 / 3 of tergite 2, ¼ of tergite 3, ½ of tergite 4 to 6. Sternites yellow, with narrow brown fascia anteriorly. Genitalia small, brown.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>We name this species in honour of Stefan Foord in recognition of his contribution to Entomology, Arachnology and Zoology in South Africa, Africa and the World. Stefan was a great colleague and friend and we miss his presence in the world.</p><p>Comments.</p><p>The known sites for A. stefanfoordi sp. nov. are in scrubland, rather than the woodland and forests from which A. acroceroides are known. While both species occur in the summer rainfall region, A. stefanfoordi sp. nov. occurs in drier habitats.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF5A7E73409150F4BD4DD08841A18A65	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Midgley, John M.;Theron, Genevieve L.	Midgley, John M., Theron, Genevieve L. (2025): Revision of the Afrotropical spider fly genus Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 (Diptera, Acroceridae) with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 66 (1): 193-206, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.138761
