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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 cobice Dikow, 2003
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Euscelidia
Media
SUMMARY
Head: black; face silver pruinose, facial gibbosity distinct, mystax white, many macrosetae; proboscis and maxillary palpi brownish-black, setae white; ocellar tubercle apruinose; occiput silver and yellowish pruinose, setae yellow
Antennae: scape brown, brown setae ventrally; pedicel brown, brown setae ventrally and dorsally, white pruinose; postpedicel brown, white pruinose; apical 'seta-like' sensory element brown
Thorax: black; postpronotal peg small, distinct, silver pruinose; scutum bluish-black, predominantly yellow pruinose, median stripe and 2 lateral spots may be distinctly apruinose, sometimes fused to form 1 large apruinose spot, yellow setae scattered on surface; macrosetae: black, 1 notopeural seta, 1 supra-alar seta; scutellum yellow pruinose, discal scutellar setae and scutellar setae long, yellow
Legs: yellow to brown; prothoracic femora yellow, mesothoracic femora yellow proximally, remaining part brown, metathoracic femora in proximal 1/3 pale yellow, clubbed, club in proximal half brown, distal half yellow, setae white, tibiae yellow proximally, remaining part brown, pale yellow stripe not reaching tip on metathoracic tibiae anteriorly; first tarsomere in proximal half yellow, brown in distal half, remaining tarsomere brown, black setae; empodium short, about a quarter of length of claws
Wings: hyaline, but microtrichiae evenly scattered on remigium, brown stained; pterostigma distinct, brown; discal cell terminating in 2 veins; halteres light brown
Abdomen: brown, sometimes anterior margins of tergites orange; tergites predominantly brown pruinose, anterior, lateral, and posterior margins grey pruinose, T2 in proximal 1/3 with apruinose spot, T1 with long white and black setae laterally, T2 in proximal half with white setae laterally, remaining tergites with white and brown setae, sternites grey pruinose
Male terminalia: surstylus pointed distally, large lobe ventrally; hypandrium ventral margin straight; dorsal aedeagal sheath tubular, medium length; lateral apodeme bifurcated.

