Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972

Londt, Jason G. H., 2019, A revision of Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972 with the descriptions of two new species from South Africa (Diptera, Asilidae, Stenopogoninae), African Invertebrates 60 (1), pp. 67-82 : 67

Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972 Figs 1 , 16

Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972: 635-9 (figs 1 head lateral, 2 head anterior, 4 metathoracic tarsomere 1, 5 prothoracic tarsus); 1974: 166-8 (figs 162 metathoracic tarsomere 1, 163 prothoracic tarsus, 164 head lateral, 165 head anterior); 1980: 361 (catalogue); Londt 1992: 57-59 (figs 1 antenna, 2 prosternum, 3 wing, 4 metathoracic tarsus, 5 empodium, 6 metathoracic pulvilli, 7-9 ♂ terminalia, 10 metathoracic tarsus 5, 11-13 ♀ terminalia).

Material.

SOUTH AFRICA: 2♂ Grahamstown [= Grahamstown], Rockhurst [farm 33°10'59"S, 26°19'01"E c. 650m], 13.x.1981, F.W. & S.K. Gess, 81/82/2, AMGS 101476, AMGS 101477 (AMGS) ; 1♀ Grahamstown, Hilton [farm 33°15'00"S, 26°21'12"E c. 490m], 22.x.1967, C. Jacot-Guillarmod AMGS 101478 (AMGS) ; ♂ Holotype ' South Africa / C.P. [Cape Province] Alicedale [33°19'S, 26°05'E c. 285m] / 16.xii.71 / D. & A. Greathead’ NHMUK010628725 ( BMNH) ; 1♂ ' So. Africa: Cape Prov / 9 km SW Willowmore [c. 33°20'S, 23°27'E 935m] / 30-31.x.1978 3323AD / J Londt & R Miller / open Karoo scrub’, NMSA-DIP 81676 ( NMSA). Note: Holotype not personally handled, but excellent photographs supplied confirm identification .

Distribution, phenology and biology.

Entire holotype as in Fig. 1 . Known from 5 specimens collected at 4 localities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Fig. 16 ). They were collected in October and November (Table 1) in an area located between summer and winter rainfall regions. The only useful label data relating to habitat are the words 'open Karoo scrub’ which describes much of the area. No other biological data are available.

Figures

Figure 1. Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972 holotype. Scale bars: in mm. (Photo BMNH).

Figure 16. The distribution of Empodiodes species: E. greatheadi Oldroyd, 1972 (●), E. melanoscopaeus Londt, 1992 (○), E. namibiensis Londt, 2012 (■), E. pusillipes sp. nov. (□), E. torridus sp. nov. (▲), E. whittingtoni Londt, 1992 (♦) (Map Zamisa).