Hermannomyia engeli
Creators: name: Londt, Jason G. H.
name: Copeland, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Hermannomyia
Hermannomyia engeli

description: Hermannomyia engeli (Hull, 1962)
Records: BOTSWANA: 1♀ Farmers Brigade, Serowe [22°22'S 26°40'E], 2226BD, iv.1990, Forschhammer, Malaise (NMSA); 3♂ 1♀ Farmers Brigade, c. 6 km SE Serowe, 2226BD, 11.iv.1983 (♂), 20.iv.1983 (♂), 27.iv.1984 (♀), 20.v.1984 (♂), Forschhammer, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Farmers Brigade, c. 6 km SE Serowe, 2226BD, 20.v.1984, Forschhammer, forestry nursery (NMSA); 2♂ 2♀ Farmers Brigade, 5 km SE Serowe, 2226BD, 8.iii.1984 (♂), 19.iii.1984 (♂), iii.1986 (♀), 3.iv.1986 (♀), Forschhammer, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ 1♀ Farmers Brigade, 5 km SE Serowe, 2226BD, 10.ii.1984 (♀), 18.ii.1984 (♂), Forschhammer, Hillside N slope, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ 2♀ Farmers Brigade, 5 km SE Serowe, 2226BD, 30.iii.1985 (♀), xi.1985 (♂), Forschhammer, Malaise trap (NMSA). MOZAM-BIQUE: 1♂ Motola [25°58'S 32°28'E], 10.iv.1982, Feijen (NMSA). SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂ 14–29 km W Alldays, 22°44'00"S 28°58'57"E, 14.iii.1990, Eardley (SANC); 1♀ Crystal Springs Mountain Resort, 24°49'36"S 30°37'26"E, 1304 m, 19.ix.2006, Londt, dry Faurea – Acacia bushveld (NMSA); 1♂ Pilanesberg National Park, Manyane Trail, 25°14'46"S 27°13'43"E, 1073 m, 19.ix.2011, Londt, dry open savanna (NMSA); 1♂ Pilanesberg National Park, Bakubung, 25°20'25"S 27°03'51"E, 1100 m, 12–19.xi.1999, Londt (NMSA); 3♂ 1♀ Pretoria [25°44'S 28°13'E], 21.xi.1915 (♀), 10.iii.1916 (3♂), Swierstra (NMSA – Londt 1981); 1♂ Pretoria, 15.x.[19]50, Munro (SANC); 1♀ Ndumu Game Reserve, 2632CC, 26.x.1972, Irwin (NMSA – Londt 1981); 1♀ Ndumu Game Reserve, 2632DC, 4–9.x.1982, Londt, riverine bush (NMSA); 1♀ Ndumu Game Reserve, 2632CD, Rest Camp [26°55'S 32°19'E], 95 m, 23–9.xi.1977, Brothers & Jacot Guillarmod, Malaise trap (NMSA); 2♂ Spioenkop Nature Reserve [28°42'S 29°31'E], 2829CB, 3–6.x.1981, Londt (NMSA); 1♂ Weenen [28°51'S 30°04'E], ii.1925, Thomasset (BMNH – Oldroyd 1974); 1♂ Weenen, 2840 ft, iii.1924, Thomasset (BMNH – Oldroyd 1974); 2♂ 2♀ 8 km SE Muden, Mhlopeni Nature Reserve, 2930AB, 8.iv.1983, Londt, Barraclough & Seymour, thornveld (NMSA); 1♀ Cumberland Nature Reserve, 29°30'16"S 30°30'12"E, 570 m, 3.ii.2002, Londt, mixed wooded grassland (NMSA); 1♂ Karoo National Park, Beaufort West, 32°20'S 22°30'E, 13.ii.1991, Eardley (SANC); 1♂ Rooinek Pass S of Laingsburg [33°20'S 20°55'E], x.1952, S.A. Mus. Expd. (SAMC – Londt 1981). ZAMBIA: 1♂ ‘Kafue [River, 15°56'S 28°55'E], N.W.R. [? North West Rhodesia], 29/8/ [19]13, 3100 [? altitude], R.C.W., mid-day on sandy path’ (BMNH). ZIMBABWE: 1♂ Umtali [= Mutare, 18°58'S 32°39'E], 9.x.1926, Rhodesia Museum (NMBZ – Londt 1981); 1♂ Bazely [Bazeley] Bridge [19°15'S 32°29'E], 20.iv.1965, Cookson (NMSA – Oldroyd 1974; Londt 1981); 1♂ Sawmills [19°35'S 28°01'E], 12.iv.1920, Rhodesia Museum (BMNH); 1♀ Sawmills Road, Nyamandhlovu [19°52'S 28°16'E], 26.iii.1961, Nat. Mus. S. Rhod. (NMBZ – Londt 1981); ♂ holotype, ‘ Bulawayo [20°10'S 28°35'E] / S. Rhodesia / 5.4.1920 / Rhodesia / Museum’, ‘Pres. By / Imp. Inst. Ent. / Brit. Mus. / 1931–33’, ‘ Myielaphus / pardalinus / sp. n. / Dr. E.O. Engel det’, ‘ Hermanella / engeli Hull / Holotype’, ‘Holo- / type [circular red edged label]’ (BMNH – Hull 1962; Oldroyd 1974. Note: Dr Erica McAlister kindly sent us a series of excellent photographs of the holotype for reference purposes. These substantiate earlier identifications).
description: Published as part of Londt, Jason G. H. & Copeland, Robert S., 2013, A review of the Afrotropical genus Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 1980, with the description of a new species from East Africa (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae), pp. 305 in African Invertebrates 54 (2) on page 310, DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0201, http://zenodo.org/record/7670398