Stilpon seeluang, Shamshev & Grootaert, 2004

Shamshev, Igor V. & Grootaert, Patrick, 2004, A Review Of The Genus Stilpon Loew, 1859 (Empidoidea: Hybotidae) From The Oriental Region, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 315-346 : 320

The S. seeluang species group

This is hitherto unknown group of Stilpon . Members of this group are characterised by yellow thorax, tomentose scutum, complete rows of acrostichal setulae, lack of gland-like structures on male abdomen, small male terminalia with the left cercus lacking apical spines, minute or absent bristles in apical part of the left epandrial lamella, shortened female terminalia. The entire group is presently known only from the Oriental region and includes 6 species. S. leleupi Smith described from South Africa ( Smith, 1969) may also belong to this group.