Afromochtherus unctus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Asilinae
Tribus: Neomochtherini
Genus: Afromochtherus
Species: Afromochtherus unctus

Name

• Afromochtherus unctus (Oldroyd, 1939: 37)

Holotype: BMNH ♂, F.W. Edwards.

Type locality: KENYA: Chania Falls. [stream 01°02'S:37°04'E] / 4,000 ft.

Synonymy

• Neomochtherus unctus Oldroyd, 1939: 37; Hull, 1962: 591; Tsacas, 1969: 31–32.
• Neomochtherus genialis Tsacas, 1969: 18. Syn. by Londt, 2002
• Afromochtherus unctus Lehr, 1996: 72.
• Afromochtherus genialis Lehr, 1996: 72.

References

• Oldroyd, H., 1939: Brachycera. In: F.W. Edwards et al. British blood-sucking flies. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London. [original description: p. 37]
• Londt, J.G.H. 2002. Afrotropical Asilinae (Asilidae): a provisional key to genera, with a review of the status of Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 1878, and descriptions of new genera and species. African Invertebrates 43: 11–92. Full article (PDF) on African Journal Archive Reference page.  [material, synonym, comments: p. 40, figs. 95–102]