Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[ExFmem]

#2 Not too sure on this one - certainly has the ant-like appearance, but the wings are clear - maybe one of those "EXCEPT" species?

[Toko]

We must research, no ad hoc knowledge available

[Toko]

ExFmem

I have put the "Miscophus" to its friends into the same post.

And even the ones you had in your edited post are not of the same species, they have different wings (longer and shorter)


The ant-like one might be another one in the tribe or genus, have no better clue so far.

[Toko]

The wing venation totally matches Miscophus, cubital cell II is complete, that rules out Saliostethus (which would be a desert adapted genus and was my first idea) as they have it reduced

ExFmem, I think it's good enough to be a Miscophus, you can post it here https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... 89#p245889

[ExFmem]

Thank you. Will do.


I'm assuming this is a fly due to the mouthparts, but it resembles a wasp otherwise. Can someone point me in the right direction please?








KTP

[ExFmem]

I have a picture of a male ant that looks "exactly" like BluTuna's Dorylus helvolus already in the book, but according to Picker, etc. it is not found in the northwest of S. Africa. Do you know what species of Dorylus is?


KTP

I don't know that there would be any real reason to make an entry for D. sp. without being able to add any further info.

[Toko]

I have a picture of a male ant that looks "exactly" like BluTuna's Dorylus helvolus already in the book, but according to Picker, etc. it is not found in the northwest of S. Africa. Do you know what species of Dorylus is?


KTP

I don't know that there would be any real reason to make an entry for D. sp. without being able to add any further info.

D. fulvus badius (also from Namibia)

Look here

http://ameisenwiki.de/index.php/Dorylus

http://www.discoverlife.org/proceedings ... adius.html


D. fimbriatus also reported from Northern Cape, but does not look right to me

http://antsofafrica.org/ant_species_201 ... riatus.htm

[ExFmem]

Agree. Will go with D. fulvus badius.

Also, Ms. master of the checklists... do you know what genus of Gonia, {Tachinidae} other than bimaculata, is found in S. Africa? Picker, etc. states, ..."...on cheeks of both species in the genus..." I'm quite certain of my ID as a Gonia, just don't think it is bimaculata and can't find a list of the other species that occurs in the region. Thanks!

[Toko]

Tachinidae Pseudogonia fasciata (Wiedemann, 1819) Pseudogonia fasciata (Wiedemann, 1819) Catalogue of Life http://eol.org/pages/766644/overview Not available on EOL webpage Rhedia capensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Reaumuria lalandii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 TL: South Africa. Cape Province" Cape of Good Hope [as "Prom. bon. sp."] Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1819. Beschreibung neuer Zweiflugler aus Ostindien und Afrika. Zool. Mag. 1(3): 1-39. [1819.??.??]

Tachinidae Pseudogonia rufifrons (Wiedemann, 1830) Pseudogonia rufifrons (Wiedemann, 1830) Catalogue of Life http://eol.org/pages/708407/overview Not available on EOL webpage Gonia exigua Doleschall, 1858; Gonia minuta Wulp, 1881; Latreillia lalandii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Gonia cinerascens Rondani, 1859; Gonia javana Macquart, 1848; Gonia ritchiei Cuthbertson & Munro, 1941; Gonia munroi Curran, 1927; Gaediogonia jacobsoni Townsend, 1927 South Africa Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830. Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls. [1830.09.22]

Tachinidae Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819 Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819 Catalogue of Life http://eol.org/pages/766643/overview Not available on EOL webpage Gonia bimaculata Eversmann, 1834; Salmacia cabrerae Mesnil, 1956; Gonia cilipeda Rondani, 1859; Gonia incerta Bigot, 1888 TL: South Africa. Cape Province" Cape of Good Hope [as "Prom. bon. sp."] Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1819. Beschreibung neuer Zweiflugler aus Ostindien und Afrika. Zool. Mag. 1(3): 1-39. [1819.??.??]

Tachinidae Gonia rubiventris Macquart, 1851 Gonia rubiventris Macquart, 1851 Catalogue of Life http://eol.org/pages/708410/overview Not available on EOL webpage Not available on EOL webpage South Africa Macquart, J. 1851b. Diptères exotique nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4e. Supplèment publiè dans le mèmoires de 1849 [concl.]. Mèm. Soc. Sci. Agric. Lille.. 1850: 134- 294


According to SANBI biodiversity Advisor. I hope that helps

[ExFmem]

Gonia rubiventris




KTP

His "ventris" looks rubi to me! Let me look into that one further, THANKS!!!!!!