Anypodetus arachnoides Oldroyd
Creators: name: Londt, J. G. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Anypodetus
Anypodetus arachnoides

description: <b>7b</b> Scutellum lacking marginal macrosetae; female face lacking silvery setae. Illustrations - Hypopygium (Figs 10-12), T2 (Fig. 37), Distribution (Fig. 49).... <b>arachnoides</b> Oldroyd <i>Synonymy</i>: <i>Anypodetus arachnoides</i> Oldroyd, 1974: 92. <i>Material examined</i>: <b>BOTSWANA</b>: 5&amp;male;, Farmer’s Brigade, 5 km SE Serowe, SE2226BD, 25.xi.1983 - 30.iii.1985 - 21.xi.1985 - xii.1985 - iii.1986, P Forchhammer, Malaise trap; 3&amp;female;, Serowe, 21.xii.1982 - 22.xii.1982 - 15.ii.1983, Forchhammer; 1&amp;male;, Maxwee [19 <i>°</i> 28'S: 23 <i>°</i> 40'E], xi.1975, R Russell -Smith, Grassland; 2&amp;female;, Maxwee, 19.xii.1975, R Russell -Smith, Flood plain; <b>NAMIBIA</b>: 2&amp;male; 1&amp;female;, Katima Mulilo [17 <i>°</i> 30'S: 24 <i>°</i> 16'E], E Caprivi, 20-28.x.1970, A Strydom; 1&amp;male; 1&amp;female; 1?, Kaross [19 <i>°</i> 30'S: 14 <i>°</i> 20'E], ii.1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 1&amp;male;, Gr [? = Grootfontein], SWA, xii.1963, v. Teichm. [illegible]; <b>SOUTH AFRICA</b>: 5&amp;male; 7&amp;female;, 6 km N Vivo, 2229CC, 23- 24.ii.1980, Londt &amp; Schoeman, Bushveld veget &amp; old lands [1&amp;female; - SANC]; 1&amp;male;, Messina Nature Res., 22.22S 30.02E, 554 m, 11-12.ii.1985, MW Mansell [SANC]; 5&amp;male; 6&amp;female;, Soutpan, Soutpansberge, 2229CD, 23-24.ii.1980, Londt &amp; Schoeman, Bushveld vegetation; 1&amp;female;, Zoutpan [23 <i>°</i> 10'S: 28 <i>°</i> 25'E], Zpbg [= Zoutpansberg Mountains], 15-30.xi.1932, G van Son [Engel labeled this <i>fasciatus</i>]; 3&amp;male;, Nylsvley Reserve [24 <i>°</i> 39'S: 28 <i>°</i> 42'E], Naboomspruit, 13.x.1976 (2&amp;male;) - 28.xi.1978 (&amp;male;), P. Ferrar; 1&amp;male; 1&amp;female;, 14 km S Hotazel, 27 <i>°</i> 19'S: 22 <i>°</i> 54'E, 1050 m, 14.iii.1991, Londt &amp; Whittington, Ga -Mogara River bed; 1&amp;female;, 8 km W Olifantshoek, 27 <i>°</i> 56'S: 22 <i>°</i> 40'E, 1550 m, 15.iii.1991, Londt &amp; Whittington, Flat grassy plain; 1&amp;male;, 5 km W Olifantshoek, 27 <i>°</i> 57'S: 22 <i>°</i> 42'E, 1350 m, 15.iii.1991, Londt &amp; Whittington, <i>Acacia –Zizyphus</i> veld; 1&amp;female;, 45 km NE Priska, 29 <i>°</i> 33'S: 23 <i>°</i> 07'E, 1050 m, 19.iii.1991, Londt &amp; Whittington, Grassland &amp; <i>Acacia</i>; <b>ZIMBABWE</b>: 1&amp;male;, Hillside [17 <i>°</i> 50'S: 31 <i>°</i> 05'E], 24.xi.1922, Swinburne &amp; Stevenson; 1&amp;female;, Sawmills [19 <i>°</i> 35'S: 28 <i>°</i> 02'E],, 26.xii.1923, R Stevenson (SAMC); 1&amp;female;, Bulawayo [20 <i>°</i> 09'S: 28 <i>°</i> 35'E], xii.1922, Dr Arnold; 1&amp;male; 3&amp;female;, Bulawayo, 4.xi. &amp; 11.xii.1923 &amp; 3.i.1924, R Stephenson (SAMC); 1&amp;male; <b>Paratype</b>, ‘ Sabi Valley [20 <i>°</i> 25'S: 32 <i>°</i> 05'E] / Rhod / 18/11/71 ’. <i>Type material not seen</i>: <b>Holotype</b> (sex not stated), Zimbabwe, Sawmills, 11.11.20, (collector unknown) BMNH. I have seen a male paratype and other material from Zimbabwe. Oldroyd (1974) also records the species from Chilanga, Zambia. <i>A. arachnoides</i>: Widespread, known from three climatic zones experiencing moderate to high temperatures and low to moderate summer rainfall.
description: Published as part of <i>Londt, J. G. H., 2000, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 32. A Revision Of Anypodetus Hermann, 1907 With The Description Of Three New Species (Laphriinae), pp. 123-128 in Annals of the Natal Museum 41</i> on pages 133-136, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.523759
description: {"references": ["OLDROYD, H. 1974. An introduction to the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 22 (1): 1 - 171."]}