Systematic and biological notes on some brachycerous Diptera of southern Rhodesia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1939
Authors:E. O. Engel, Cuthbertson A.
Journal:Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
Volume:2
Pagination:181–185
Keywords:Afrotropical, Asilidae, Lasiocnemus, Leptogastrinae, sp. nov.
Abstract:

The following paper consists of short systematic and biological notes on some Stratiomyidae and Asilidae of Southern Rhodesia. The immature stages of Ptecticus posticus Wied., Neolophonotus porcellus Speis., and Promachus negligens Ad. are described, and notes are given on the distribution and habits of some little-known Dasypogoninae "robber flies". Lasiocnemus fascipennis n. sp. from S. Rhodesia and N.W. Tanganyika, and Stichopgon maculipennis n. sp. from Urungwe, Lomagundi district, are described.

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