Daspletis placodes Londt, 1983

Londt, Jason G. H., 2010, A review of Daspletis Loew, 1858 with the addition of a remarkable South African species (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae), African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 183-183 : 192-193

Daspletis placodes Londt, 1983

Fig. 13 Daspletis placodes: Londt 1983: 293 , figs 16–18. Londt (1983) recorded material (all NMSA): SOUTH AFRICA: 1ơ 1^paratypes, 6 km N Vivo , 2229 CC, bushveld veget. & old lands, 23–24.ii.1980, Londt & Schoeman;ơ holotype, 5ơ 6^paratypes, Soutpansberge,

Soutpan, 2229CD, bushveld vegetation, 23–24.ii.1980, Londt & Schoeman; 1ơ paratype, Soutpansberg, Saltpan, 10.iv.1979, Schoeman; 1^‘SE2328Aa’, 21.xii.1981, v. d. Berg, Dept. of Entomology, University of Pretoria.

New material (all NMSA): SOUTH AFRICA: 1^Tshipise [22°36'S: 30°10'E], 22.i.1998, Griffiths; 1^ Langjan, 22°59'S: 29°15'E, 26.ii.1988, Language, Department of Entomology , University of Pretoria ; 1^ Vivo , 22°59'S: 29°15'E, 27.ii.1988, v. Niekerk, Department of Entomology, University of Pretoria .

Distribution, phenology and biology: D. placodes appears to have a distribution restricted to the north-western parts of the Limpopo Province of South Africa ( Fig. 13 ). The species is active in the adult phase from December through to April (no records for March) (Table 1). A single NMSA prey record is (sex of predator in brackets): Diptera (1): Mydidae (^).

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Fig. 13. The distribution of Daspletis Loew, 1858 species in southern Africa: hermanni (circles), lykos (squares), placodes (triangles), stenoura (diamonds).