Empodiodes whittingtoni Londt, 1992

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 whittingtoni Londt, 1992 Figs 2 , 15

Empodiodes whittingtoni Londt, 1992: 62-63 (figs 25 antenna, 26 prosternum, 27 metathoracic tarsal appendages, 28 empodium, 29-31 ♂ terminalia);

Material.

SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂ holotype ' S Africa: Cape #33 / 23 km SE of Middelpos / 32°01'S, 20°25'E 1200m / Date: 28.xi.1990 / Whittington & Londt / Banks of Visrivier' NMSA-DIP 74273 ( NMSA) .

Distribution, phenology and biology.

Recorded only from the type locality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa (Fig. 16 ) and collected sympatrically with E. melanoscopaeus in November (Table 1), resting on a rock. While the type locality was not photographed, Fig. 2 provides an impression of the habitat in the vicinity of the type locality.

Figures

Figure 2. A typical landscape in the vicinity of Besemgoedkop (photographed 18 November 2011), showing the general habitat occupied by both Empodiodes melanoscopaeus and E. whittingtoni.

Figure 15. A typical Karoo landscape at Doornfontein Nature Reserve (photographed 21 March 2006), representative of the environment in which Empodiodes torridus sp. nov. has been collected.

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).