Systropus Wiedemann, 1820

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L., 2001, Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae), African Invertebrates 42 (1820), pp. 105-224 : 143-144

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scientific name

Systropus Wiedemann
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Systropus Wiedemann View in CoL

Systropus Wiedemann, 1820: 18 . Type species: Systropus macilentus Wiedemann, 1820 , by original designation (on plate).

Céphène Latreille, 1825: 496 (unjustified new replacement name for Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 ) [Unavailable; vernacular name without nomenclatural status.]

Cephenus Berthold, 1827: 506 (unnecessary new replacement name for Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 View in CoL (as ‘ Systrophus ’)). Type species: Systropus macilentus Wiedemann, 1820 View in CoL , automatic.

Cephenes Latreille, 1829: 505. Type species: Systropus macilentus Wiedemann, 1820 View in CoL , by subsequent designation (Evenhuis, 1991: 25). [Unavailable; name proposed in synonymy with Systropus Wiedemann View in CoL and not made available before 1961.]

Systropus Jensen, 1832: 235 View in CoL . Type species: Systropus macilentus Jensen, 1832 View in CoL [= Systropus macilentus Wiedemann View in CoL ], by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Wiedemann, 1820.]

Xystrophus Agassiz, 1846: 393 (unnecessary emendation of Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 View in CoL ). Type species: Systropus macilentus Wiedemann, 1820 View in CoL , automatic.

Cephenius Enderlein, 1926: 70 . Type species: Systropus studyi Enderlein, 1926 View in CoL , by original designation.

Coptopelma Enderlein, 1926: 70 . Type species: Coptopelma schineri Enderlein, 1926 View in CoL [misidentification, = Systropus sanguineus Bezzi, 1921 View in CoL ], by original designation.

Symballa Enderlein, 1926: 70 , 92. Type species: Systropus leptogaster Loew, 1860 View in CoL [misidentification, = Systropus holaspis Speiser, 1914 View in CoL ], by original designation.

Comments: All Systropus spp. have an elongate body and petiolate abdomen, and appear to mimic Hymenoptera . Unlike most genera of Bombyliidae , they are most abundant in dense vegetation, including forest. They are relatively slow in flight, and tend to hang from the front legs when at rest as do species of Tipulidae and Bittacidae .

Keys: Afrotropical, Bowden (1967); southern Africa, Hesse (1963).

Hosts: Endoparasitoids of Limacodidae ( du Merle 1975; Yeates & Greathead 1997).

Subgenus Diaerops Enderlein

Diaerops Enderlein, 1926: 70 (as genus). Type species: Systropus marshalli Bezzi, 1924 View in CoL , by original designation.

Coptodicrus Enderlein, 1926: 70 , 91 (as genus). Type species: Coptodicrus vespiformis Enderlein, 1926 View in CoL , by original designation.

Distribution: Afrotropical: 1 species, Systropus (D.) marshalli .

Subgenus Dimelopelma Enderlein

Dimelopelma Enderlein, 1926: 70 , 90 (as genus). Type species: Dimelopelma tessmanni Enderlein, 1926 View in CoL ,

by original designation.

Distribution: Afrotropical: 6 species.

Subgenus Systropus Wiedemann

Distribution: Cosmopolitan, chiefly in forested regions butabsent from the West Palaearctic. Africa South of the Sahara: 29 species. Madagascar: 2 species; Systropus limacodidarum Enderlein , S. quadrinotatus Séguy.

Subgenus Teinopelmus Bowden

Teinopelmus Bowden, 1967: 137. Type species: Systropus rugosus Bezzi, 1924 , by original designation. Distribution: Afrotropical: 6 species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Loc

Systropus Wiedemann

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L. 2001
2001
Loc

Cephenius

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Coptopelma

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Symballa

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Diaerops

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Coptodicrus

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Dimelopelma

ENDERLEIN, G. 1926: 70
1926
Loc

Xystrophus

AGASSIZ, J. L. R. 1846: 393
1846
Loc

Systropus

JENSEN, H. 1832: 235
1832
Loc

Cephenus

BERTHOLD, A. A. 1827: 506
1827
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