| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Authors: | T. Dikow |
| Journal: | African Invertebrates |
| Volume: | 44 |
| Start Page: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 1-131 |
| Abstract: | The genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 is revised. Sixty-eight species (55 Afrotropical, 11 Oriental, 4 Palaearctic) are recognised, of which 40 are newly described: Afrotropical - acuminata, adusta, atrata, bechuana, cacula, cana, capensis, crena, erichthenii, fistula, hesperia, hyalina, insolita, kasungu, lata, longibifida, lucioides, milva, mucronata, natalensis, notialis, obtusa, obudu, peteraxi, picta, pipinna, pulchra, senegalensis, tsavo, vallis, venusta; Oriental - abbreviata, cobice, flava, glabra, lepida, livida, popa, prolata, splendida. Dolichoscius Janssens, 1953 is synonymised with Euscelidia. Four species, Dolichoscius francoisi Janssens, 1953, Leptogaster brunneus Loew, 1858, L. nenemusha Speiser, 1910, L. ochricornis Loew, 1858, are newly combined with Euscelidia. Four species are newly synonymised, Dolichoscius longipes Janssens, 1954 with D. francoisi, Euscelidia oldroydi Lindner, 1955 and Leptogaster stigmaticalis Loew, 1852 with Leptogaster proculus Walker, 1849, and Lasiocnemus pilipes Curran, 1927 with Leptogaster datis Walker, 1849. Euscelidia piliensis Oldroyd, 1972 is transferred to Leptogaster Meigen, 1803. The status of Leptogaster setifer Frey, 1937 and L. simplex Bigot, 1878 is revised as species of Leptogaster. Redescriptions and descriptions of the genus and all species and an identification key to species are provided. The distribution, seasonality, and biology are discussed. Comments on the subfamily Leptogastrinae are given. |
Revision of the genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae)
Taxonomic name:
Leptogaster simplex Bigot, 1879 (Leptogastrinae), Leptogaster setifer Frey, 1937 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia zumpti Janssens, 1957 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia venusta Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia vallis Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia valida (Loew, 1858) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia tsavo Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia trifoliata Janssens, 1953 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia splendida Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia senegalensis Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia schoutedeni Janssens, 1954 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia rapax Westwood, 1850 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia rapacoides Oldroyd, 1972 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia prolata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia procula (Walker, 1849) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia popa Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia plebeja (Janssens, 1957) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia pipinna Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia picta Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia peteraxi Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia pallasii (Wiedemann, 1818) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia ophionea (Frey, 1937) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia ochricornis (Loew, 1858) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia obudu Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia obtusa Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia nubilipennis (Frey, 1937) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia nitida (Wiedemann, 1828) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia nitens (Bromley, 1947) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia nenemusha (Speiser, 1910) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia natalensis Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia mucronata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia moyoensis Oldroyd, 1970 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia milva Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia marion (Walker, 1849) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia lucioides Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia lucida Oldroyd, 1939 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia longibifida Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia livida Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia lepida Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia lata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia kasungu Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia insolita Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia hyalina Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia hirticollis (Wulp, 1872) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia hesperia Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia gutianensis Shi, 1995 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia glabra Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia francoisi (Janssens, 1953) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia flava Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia fistula Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia festiva Janssens, 1954 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia fastigium Martin, 1964 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia erichthenii Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia discors Speiser, 1913 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia datis (Walker, 1849) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia crena Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia cobice Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia castanea Janssens, 1954 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia capensis Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia cana Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia cacula Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia brunnea (Loew, 1858) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia bishariensis Efflatoun, 1937 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia bicolor Janssens, 1954 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia bequaerti Janssens, 1957 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia bechuana Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia atrata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia artaphernes (Speiser, 1910) (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia anthrax Janssens, 1957 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia adusta Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia acuminata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Euscelidia abbreviata Dikow, 2003 (Leptogastrinae), Mesoleptogaster piliensis (Oldroyd, 1972) (Leptogastrinae)