Oratostylum Ricardo 1925
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Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925
Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925: 260. Type species: O. lepidum Ricardo 1925: 261, by original designation.
I have examined Ricardo's type material of O. lepidum in the BMNH and, as Hull (1962) gives such a good description of this monotypic genus, I merely present drawings of the male genitalia for comparative purposes (Figs 32- 34). Oratostylum is very similar to Remotomyia but has a very prominent facial swelling (Fig. 31) unlike that found in Remotomyia (Fig. 36). Oratostylum lepidum has long palps which reach the level of the lower facial margin whereas Remotomyia species usually have shorter palps (in the case of R. longipalpus they are long).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. ZIMBABWE; 1 ♂ (lectotype), Matopos, 3. x. 19 2 0, Rhodesian Museum (BMNH); 1 ♀ (paralectotype), Forestvale, 2 0.viii..1922, Rhodesian Museum (BMNH); 1 ♀ (paralectotypc), Bulawayo, 7. ix. 19 23, R. Stevenson (BMNH); 1 ♀, Khami Ruins, ı 8. viii. 1923, Rhodesian Museum (BMNH). NAMIBIA: 1 ♀, Damaraland, Okombahe area 22 km W Uis Mine, 6. ii. 19 74, M. E. Irwin, 830 m, gravel plain (NM). SOUTH AFRICA: Natal: 2 ♂, Lebombo foothills 5 km N Josini, 2732AC, 28. viii. 1982, under fig tree, B. Stuckenberg (NM). Ricardo (1925) did not designate a holotype; I therefore designate the ♂ from Matopos as lectotype and the other specimens mentioned by Richardo as paralectotypes. The ♂ from Forestvale and ♂ from Umguza River are no longer in the BMNH.
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4030780 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4030784 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11781 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AC53665CE04DBC75FFD7F244F5685A3E (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/B9781793-EDAD-4863-B31E-C1200459ADDB (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH , NM
- Event date
- 1920-10-03 , 1922-08-20 , 1923-08-18 , 1923-09-07 , 1974-02-06 , 1982-08-28
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Oratostylum
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Ricardo
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Type status
- lectotype , paralectotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1920-10-03 , 1922-08-20 , 1923-08-18 , 1923-09-07 , 1974-02-06 , 1982-08-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925 sec. Londt, 1983
References
- RICARDO, G. 1925. New species of Asilidae from South Africa. Annals and magazine ofnatuml history 15 (9): 234 - 282.
- HULL, F. M. 1962. Robber Flies of the World; the genera of the family Asilidae. Bulletin ofthe United States National Museum 224 (2 parts). 907 pp.