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Occurrence data of Laphyctis (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Dikow T (2022). Occurrence data of Laphyctis (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae). Version 1.9. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mgzpdj accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-23.

Description

Occurrence data of the Afrotropical Asilidae genus Laphyctis from Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe based on a new taxonomic review in 2018.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae: Laphyctis
  1. Laphyctis argenteofasciata
    rank: species
  2. Laphyctis eremia
    rank: species
  3. Laphyctis gigantella
    rank: species
  4. Laphyctis iota
    rank: species
  5. Laphyctis orichalcea
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Londt, J.G.H. and Dikow, T., 2018. A review of the assassin-fly genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae). African Invertebrates 59(1): 75–106. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.25022 - 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.25022

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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