Afroestricus Scarbrough, 2005

Scarbrough, A. G., 2010, An overview of the Afrotropical Ommatiinae (Diptera: Asilidae) with a key to genera, Zootaxa 2540, pp. 1-47 : 7

publication ID

1175-5326

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5310802

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87F8-FF9A-FFEC-FF7B-6AAAE561FCAA

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Felipe

scientific name

Afroestricus Scarbrough
status

 

Afroestricus Scarbrough View in CoL View at ENA

Figs. 1, 7, 13–18, 106

Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821: 213 View in CoL ; Hull 1962: 436; Oldroyd 1974: 139, 1980: 347.

Afroestricus Scarbrough, 2005: 14 View in CoL . Type species: Ommatius macroscelis Bezzi, 1906 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Afroestricus is distinguished by the strongly produced lower 1/2–2/3 of the face ( Fig. 7), the stout preapical bristle on the prothoracic femur, 2–3 long dorsocentral bristles before the transverse suture, and the combined characters of the terminalia of both sexes ( Figs. 13–18).

Distribution. Subsaharan Africa and Madagascar. Data labels indicate that one or more species are active during each month of the year. They are recorded between 40 and 2700 meters in elevation and are associated with various open woodlands and savannas. Adults fly low over vegetation and perch on bare soil, low vegetation, and tree trunks.

Remarks. Afroestricus includes 24 Afrotropical species, 11 of which were transferred from Ommatius (Scarbrough 2005) . The genus with 23 species is widespread on the African continent ( Fig. 106). Only A. persuasus ( Oldroyd 1960) is recorded from Madagascar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Loc

Afroestricus Scarbrough

Scarbrough, A. G. 2010
2010
Loc

Ommatius

Oldroyd, H. 1980: 347
Oldroyd, H. 1974: 139
Hull, F. M. 1962: 436
Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1821: 213
1821
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