Dasypogoninae, Macquart, 1838

Londt, Jason G. H., 1997, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 29. A review of the genus Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Dasypogoninae), ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 38, pp. 137-157 : 139-140

Key to afrotropical genera of Dasypogoninae

Prothoracic tibial spur stout and associated with a well-developed tarsal process; scutellum lacking marginal macrosetae; d hypandrium fused with epandrium to fonn a continuous ring ...........................................................................................2

Prothoracic tibial spur slender, sigmoid, and not associated with a tarsal process, but at most a group of stout, peg-like, black tarsal setae; scutellum with a pair of well-developed marginal macrosetae; d hypandrium not fused with epandrium, but separated from it by a suture .................................................. Saropogon Loew

2 Ocellar tubercle prominent; occiput usually with one pair of vertical setae not borne on a prominence; postpronotal lobe (= humeral callus) lacking macrosetae; mesonotum lacking dorsocentral macrosetae anterior to transverse suture ........................................................................................ Pegesimallus Loew

Ocellar tubercle not prominent; occiput with 2-3 pairs of vertical setae borne on a prominence immediately behind ocelli; postpronotal lobe with 1-2 stout macrosetae; mesonotum with well-developed dorsocentral macrosetae anterior to transverse suture ........................................................................ Caroncoma Londt