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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 nitida (Wiedemann, 1828)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LeptogastriniGenus: Euscelidia
Media
SUMMARY
Head: black; face silver pruinose, facial gibbosity distinct, mystax white, few macrosetae; ocellar tubercle grey pruinose dorsally; occiput grey pruinose, setae white
Antennae: scape light brown, setae brown; pedicel light brown, setae brown; postpedicel light brown, white pruinose dorsally in proximal half of length; apical 'seta-like' sensory element brown
Thorax: black; scutum grey pruinose, 2 narrow median stripes, not reaching posterior margin, and 2 lateral stripes, not reaching anterior and posterior margins, apruinose; scutellum grey pruinose, discal scutellar setae and scutellum very short, white
Legs: yellow to brown; prothoracic and mesothoracic femora yellow, metathoracic femora pale yellow proximally, clubbed, club brown; tibiae light brown, pale yellow stripe not reaching tip on metathoracic tibiae anteriorly, metathoracic tibiae brown in distal half; empodium about a quarter of length of claws
Wings: hyaline, very few microtrichiae on remigium; pterostigma distinct, brown; discal cell terminating in 3 veins; halteres yellow
Abdomen: black; tergites predominantly brown pruinose, anterior, lateral, and posterior margins grey pruinose, T2 in proximal half with apruinose spot, T1 with white setae, T2 with few white setae laterally, sternites grey pruinose
Male terminalia: surstylus pointed distally; lobe ventrally; hypandrium ventral margin straight, distally with 2 pointed lobes; dorsal aedeagal sheath tubular; lateral apodeme bifurcated.

