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Occurrence data of Afrotropical Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Dikow T (2020). Occurrence data of Afrotropical Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea). Version 1.5. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/alx74c accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-28.

Description

Occurrence data of 2,060 Afrotropical Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera) specimens representing 208 species based on specimens studied in numerous natural history collections. Data gathered for chapter on Mydidae in the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera (download it here: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/manual-afrotropical-diptera.html).

Purpose

The occurrence data are made available as a unique data-set in order to facilitate study of Afrotropical Mydidae (mydas flies).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae
  1. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) angolensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  2. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) anomalus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  3. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) anthophilus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  4. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) anuliventris Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  5. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) apiformis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  6. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) apricus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  7. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) aquilus Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  8. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) aridicolus Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  9. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) bezzianus Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  10. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) boothi Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  11. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) braunsi (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  12. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) browni Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  13. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) campestris Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  14. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) campsomeroides Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  15. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) capensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  16. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) capicolus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  17. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) cognatus Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  18. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) consanguineus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  19. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) damarensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  20. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) fasciatus (Wiedemann, 1828)
    rank: species
  21. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) femoralis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  22. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) flavidorsalis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  23. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) flavirostris (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  24. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) flavitibialis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  25. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) gessi Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  26. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) gigantulus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  27. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) griquaensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  28. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) hirtipes Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  29. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) humeralis (Gerstaecker, 1868)
    rank: species
  30. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) humeralis (Gerstaecker, 1868)
    rank: species
  31. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) inhacae Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  32. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) inopinus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  33. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) junodi Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  34. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) kaokoensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  35. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) karooanus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  36. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) koupicolus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  37. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) lampronotus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  38. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) lanipes (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  39. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) latipennis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  40. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) lindneri Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  41. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) luteocinctus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  42. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) marginipunctatus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  43. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) matetsiensis Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  44. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) mauricei Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  45. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) microareolatus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  46. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) microreticulatus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  47. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) milnertonensis Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  48. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) namaquensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  49. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) nigrescens Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  50. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) nitens Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  51. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) nitidus (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  52. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) nitidusculus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  53. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) occidentalis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  54. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) omeri (Stuckenberg, 1955)
    rank: species
  55. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) opacicinctus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  56. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) opacus (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  57. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) orangiae Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  58. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) ovamboensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  59. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) paganus (Gerstaecker, 1868)
    rank: species
  60. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) pallidipes Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  61. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) patruelis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  62. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) psammophilus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  63. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) pseudolanipes Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  64. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) pseudoopacus Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  65. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) pulverulentus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  66. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) rubellus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  67. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) rudebecki (Bequaert, 1959)
    rank: species
  68. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) rufihirtus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  69. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1821)
    rank: species
  70. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) rusticanus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  71. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) rutilus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  72. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) saeculus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  73. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) similimus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  74. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) sobrinus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  75. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) sodalicus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  76. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) sorbens Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  77. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) sorbens Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  78. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) sp.
    rank: species
  79. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) sp.
    rank: species
  80. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) stevensoni (Bequaert, 1938)
    rank: species
  81. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) subclausus (Hesse, 1969)
    rank: species
  82. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) suffusipennis (Brunetti, 1929)
    rank: species
  83. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) thorni Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  84. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) tuliensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  85. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) turneri Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  86. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) vallicolus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  87. Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus) vansoni Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  88. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) villosus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  89. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) westermanni (Wiedemann, 1819)
    rank: species
  90. Afroleptomydas (Afroleptomydas) zinni Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  91. Afromydas guichardi Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  92. Agaperemius hirtus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  93. Arenomydas bunochilus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  94. Arenomydas caerulescens Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  95. Arenomydas callosus (Wiedemann, 1828)
    rank: species
  96. Arenomydas lightfooti Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  97. Arenomydas namaquensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  98. Arenomydas niger (Macquart, 1838)
    rank: species
  99. Arenomydas partitus (Gerstaecker, 1868)
    rank: species
  100. Arenomydas pleurostictus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  101. Arenomydas sentipes Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  102. Arenomydas sp.
    rank: species
  103. Cephalocera albida Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  104. Cephalocera brachycera Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  105. Cephalocera brachyptera Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  106. Cephalocera brunnipes Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  107. Cephalocera caffrariensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  108. Cephalocera decepta Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  109. Cephalocera devia Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  110. Cephalocera disparilis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  111. Cephalocera dysmachoides Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  112. Cephalocera euryptera Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  113. Cephalocera fascipennis Macquart, 1838
    rank: species
  114. Cephalocera flavilineata Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  115. Cephalocera imitata Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  116. Cephalocera longirostris (Wiedemann, 1830)
    rank: species
  117. Cephalocera macrocera Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  118. Cephalocera meridionalis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  119. Cephalocera micheneri Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  120. Cephalocera mimica Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  121. Cephalocera namaquensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  122. Cephalocera nigerrima Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  123. Cephalocera nigrojubata Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  124. Cephalocera propinqua Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  125. Cephalocera riparia Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  126. Cephalocera simulata Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  127. Cephalocera sp.
    rank: species
  128. Cephalocera trichogyna Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  129. Cephalocera umbrina Gerstaecker, 1868
    rank: species
  130. Cephalocera xerophila Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  131. Cephalocerodes bequaerti Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  132. Cephalocerodes eremobius Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  133. Cephalocerodes oldroydi (Bequaert, 1963)
    rank: species
  134. Cephalocerodes sp.
    rank: species
  135. Ectyphus abdominalis Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  136. Ectyphus amboseli Lyons and Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  137. Ectyphus armipes Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  138. Ectyphus capillatus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  139. Ectyphus pinguis Gerstaecker, 1868
    rank: species
  140. Ectyphus pretoriensis (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  141. Eremohaplomydas desertorum Bequaert, 1959
    rank: species
  142. Eremohaplomydas sp.
    rank: species
  143. Eremomidas arabicus Bequaert, 1961
    rank: species
  144. Eremomidas sp.
    rank: species
  145. Halterorchis inermis Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  146. Halterorchis karooensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  147. Halterorchis sp.
    rank: species
  148. Haplomydas crassipes Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  149. Hessemydas daugeroni Kondratieff, 2009
    rank: species
  150. Hessemydas parkeri Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin
    rank: species
  151. Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy, 1960)
    rank: species
  152. Heteroleptomydas conopsoides Bequaert, 1963
    rank: species
  153. Lachnocorynus chobeensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  154. Lachnocorynus kochi Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  155. Lachnocorynus sp.
    rank: species
  156. Leptomydas fulviventris Bigot, 1885
    rank: species
  157. Mahafalymydas tuckeri Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005
    rank: species
  158. Mahafalymydas wiegmanni Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005
    rank: species
  159. Mimadelphus vellosus Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  160. Mydaselpis ignicornis (Brunetti, 1929)
    rank: species
  161. Mydaselpis karooensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  162. Mydaselpis mimeticus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  163. Mydaselpis ngurumani Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  164. Mydaselpis peringueyi Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  165. Mydaselpis sp.
    rank: species
  166. Mydaselpis variolosus Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  167. Namadytes cimbebasiensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  168. Namadytes maculiventris (Hesse, 1969)
    rank: species
  169. Namadytes sp.
    rank: species
  170. Namadytes vansoni Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  171. Namibimydas gaerdesi Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  172. Namibimydas prinsi Hesse, 1974
    rank: species
  173. Namibimydas psamminos Dikow, 2012
    rank: species
  174. Namibimydas stuckenbergi Dikow, 2012
    rank: species
  175. Neolaparopsis puncturatus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  176. Nomoneura barbertonensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  177. Nomoneura bezzii Hesse, 1975
    rank: species
  178. Nomoneura caffra Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  179. Nomoneura paradoxa Bezzi, 1924
    rank: species
  180. Nomoneura sp.
    rank: species
  181. Nomoneura violacea Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  182. Nomoneuroides brunneus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  183. Nomoneuroides melas Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  184. Nomoneuroides natalensis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  185. Nothomydas aquilonius Dikow, 2012
    rank: species
  186. Nothomydas gariepinus Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  187. Nothomydas namaquensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  188. Nothomydas picketti Dikow, 2012
    rank: species
  189. Notosyllegomydas brincki (Bequaert, 1959)
    rank: species
  190. Oreomydas luctuosus (Bezzi, 1924)
    rank: species
  191. Parectyphus namibiensis Hesse, 1972
    rank: species
  192. Perissocerus abyssinicus Gerstaecker, 1868
    rank: species
  193. Perissocerus arabicus Bequaert, 1961
    rank: species
  194. Perissocerus dumonti Séguy, 1928
    rank: species
  195. Rhopalia gyps Bowden, 1987
    rank: species
  196. Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838
    rank: species
  197. Rhopalia sp.
    rank: species
  198. Rhopalia tutankhameni Brunetti, 1929
    rank: species
  199. Syllegomydas (Notobates) arnoldi Bequaert, 1938
    rank: species
  200. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) astrictus Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  201. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) dallonii Séguy, 1936
    rank: species
  202. Syllegomydas (Notobates) dispar (Loew, 1852)
    rank: species
  203. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) elachys Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  204. Syllegomydas (Notobates) heothinos Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  205. Syllegomydas (Notobates) lamborni Bequaert, 1951
    rank: species
  206. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) proximus Séguy, 1928
    rank: species
  207. Syllegomydas (Notobates) rhodesiensis Bequaert, 1938
    rank: species
  208. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) sp.
    rank: species
  209. Syllegomydas (Notobates) sp.
    rank: species
  210. Syllegomydas (Syllegomydas) vittatus (Wiedemann, 1828)
    rank: species
  211. Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966
    rank: species
  212. Tongamya stuckenbergi Irwin and Wiegmann, 2001
    rank: species
  213. Vespiodes cerioidiformis Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  214. Vespiodes conopeus (Sack, 1935)
    rank: species
  215. Vespiodes goldingi (Bequaert, 1951)
    rank: species
  216. Vespiodes katangensis (Bequaert, 1940)
    rank: species
  217. Vespiodes leopoldtitertii (Bequaert, 1940)
    rank: species
  218. Vespiodes nyasae Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  219. Vespiodes pattersoni (Bequaert, 1951)
    rank: species
  220. Vespiodes phaios Dikow, 2010
    rank: species
  221. Vespiodes rhodesiensis (Bequaert, 1951)
    rank: species
  222. Vespiodes ruficeps Hesse, 1969
    rank: species
  223. Vespiodes sp.
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Afrotropical zoogeographical Region

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Torsten Dikow
originator
position: Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington
20004
DC
US
Telephone: +1 202 633 1005
email: DikowT@si.edu
homepage: http://asiloidflies.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
Torsten Dikow
metadata author
position: Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington
20004
DC
US
Telephone: +1 202 633 1005
email: DikowT@si.edu
homepage: http://asiloidflies.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
Torsten Dikow
principal investigator
position: Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington
20004
DC
US
Telephone: +1 202 633 1005
email: DikowT@si.edu
homepage: http://asiloidflies.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
Torsten Dikow
administrative point of contact
position: Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington
20004
DC
US
Telephone: +1 202 633 1005
email: DikowT@si.edu
homepage: http://asiloidflies.si.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
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