Description
Occurrence data of the Afrotropical Asilidae genus Laphyctis from Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe based on a new taxonomic review in 2018.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 200 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Londt, J.G.H. and Dikow, T. A review of the assassin-fly genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae). African Invertebrates.
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6f6da8ae-e270-49e0-b0b4-5ea7c968f9da. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Asilidae; Laphriinae; Afrotropical; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-38.823, -2.812], North East [13.923, 47.812] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae: Laphyctis
| Species | Laphyctis argenteofasciata, Laphyctis eremia, Laphyctis gigantella, Laphyctis iota, Laphyctis orichalcea |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1936-11-01 / 2017-09-26 |
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Project Data
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| Title | Deciphering the diversity and evolutionary history of Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae |
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| Funding | Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB 0919333), Field Museum of Natural History (Field Dreams award) |
| Study Area Description | world-wide |
| Design Description | Taxonomic and phylogenetic research on Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae flies. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | several |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 199 +/- 0 pins |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Londt, J.G.H. and Dikow, T., 2018. A review of the assassin-fly genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae). African Invertebrates 59(1): 75–106. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.25022 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.25022
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 6f6da8ae-e270-49e0-b0b4-5ea7c968f9da |
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| https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=laphyctis |