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Leptogastrinae (2)
Acronychini (1)
Leptogastrini (16)
Ammophilomima (41)
Apachekolos (11)
Beameromyia (26)
Eurhabdus (4)
Euscelidia (72)
Euscelidia abbreviata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia acuminata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia adusta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia anthrax Janssens, 1957
Euscelidia artaphernes (Speiser, 1910)
Euscelidia atrata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia bechuana Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia bequaerti Janssens, 1957
Euscelidia bicolor Janssens, 1954
Euscelidia bishariensis Efflatoun, 1937
Euscelidia brunnea (Loew, 1858)
Euscelidia cacula Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia cana Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia capensis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia castanea Janssens, 1954
Euscelidia cobice Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia crena Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia datis (Walker, 1849)
Euscelidia discors Speiser, 1913
Euscelidia erichthenii Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia evenhuisi (Joseph & Parui, 1991)
Euscelidia fastigium Martin, 1964
Euscelidia festiva Janssens, 1954
Euscelidia fistula Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia flava Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia francoisi (Janssens, 1953)
Euscelidia glabra Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia gutianensis Shi, 1995
Euscelidia hesperia Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia hirticollis (Wulp, 1872)
Euscelidia hyalina Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia insolita Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia kasungu Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia lata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia lepida Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia livida Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia longibifida Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia lucida Oldroyd, 1939
Euscelidia lucioides Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia marion (Walker, 1849)
Euscelidia milva Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia moyoensis Oldroyd, 1970
Euscelidia mucronata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia natalensis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia nenemusha (Speiser, 1910)
Euscelidia nitens (Bromley, 1947)
Euscelidia nitida (Wiedemann, 1828)
Euscelidia nubilipennis (Frey, 1937)
Euscelidia obtusa Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia obudu Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia ochricornis (Loew, 1858)
Euscelidia ophionea (Frey, 1937)
Euscelidia pallasii (Wiedemann, 1818)
Euscelidia peteraxi Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia picta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia pipinna Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia plebeja (Janssens, 1957)
Euscelidia popa Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia procula (Walker, 1849)
Euscelidia prolata Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia rapacoides Oldroyd, 1972
Euscelidia rapax Westwood, 1850
Euscelidia schoutedeni Janssens, 1954
Euscelidia senegalensis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia splendida Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia trifoliata Janssens, 1953
Euscelidia tsavo Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia valida (Loew, 1858)
Euscelidia vallis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia venusta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia zumpti Janssens, 1957
Lasiocnemus (7)
Leptogaster (232)
Leptopteromyia (8)
Lobus (29)
Mesoleptogaster (28)
Ophionomima (1)
Psilonyx (9)
Schildia (10)
Sinopsilonyx (5)
Systellogaster (6)
Tipulogaster (2)
Euscelidia artaphernes (Speiser, 1910)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Euscelidia
SUMMARY
Head: black; face yellow pruinose, often long yellow setae originating at antennal base directing ventrally, facial gibbosity distinct; mystax yellow, many macrosetae, nearly as long as proboscis; ocellar tubercle apruinose; occiput silver pruinose, setae yellow
Antennae: scape brown, setae yellow; pedicel light brown, white pruinose, setae yellow and brown; postpedicel light brown proximally, brown distad, white pruinose posteriorly; apical 'seta-like' sensory element hyaline
Thorax: black; scutum predominantly black, antero-laterally orange; margins silver or yellow pruinose, yellow setae scattered on surface, setae always directing to the centre; scutellum white pruinose, discal scutellar setae and scutellar setae long, yellow
Legs: orange to brown; femora light brown, metathoracic femora pale yellow proximally, brown medially, orange distally, clubbed, club densely covered with short, erect yellow setae; prothoracic and mesothoracic tibiae light brown, yellow stripe anteriorly, metathoracic tibiae orange proximally, brown distad, yellow stripe not reaching tip anteriorly; empodium distinct, very short
Wings: densely covered with microtrichiae, brown coloured; pterostigma indistinct, brown; discal cell terminating in 2 veins; halteres light brown
Abdomen: brown to dark brown; tergites orange on anterior and posterior margins, grey pruinose, setae yellow, T1 with long yellow setae, T2 in proximal 2/3 with yellow setae laterally
Male terminalia: surstylus bent inwards distally; hypandrium with membranous area ventrally; dorsal aedeagal sheath long, lateral apodeme bifurcated.

