Flyevidence taxonomy

New Genera
Agadasys Whittington, 2000: 336 [Diptera, Platystomatidae].
Type species: Agadasys hexablepharis Whittington, 2000: 338, by original designation
♀ HOLOTYPE Thailand [BPBM]. 

Eudasys Whittington, 2003: 118 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Eudasys ophrys Whittington, 2003: 120, by original designation
♂ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [NMWC].

Furcamyia Whittington, 2003: 132 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Agrochira difficilis Frey, 1932: 259, by subsequent designation
♀ LECTOTYPE Ghana [NHML].

Micronesomyia Whittington, 2003: 180 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Micronesomyia hemihyalina Whittington, 2003: 181, by original designation
♂ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [MNHN].

Stellapteryx Whittington, 2003: 227 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Stellapteryx stellata Whittington, 2003: 230, by original designation
♂ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [MNHN].

Venacalva Whittington, 2003: 233 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Plastotephritis seriata Enderlein, 1924: 153, by subsequent designation
♀ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [ZMHB].

Xyrogena Whittington, 2003: 244 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Xyrogena gratiosa Enderlein, 1922: 9, by subsequent designation
♀ HOLOTYPE Equatorial Guinea [ZMHB].

Generic re-instatement
Mesanopin Enderlein, 1912 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
Type species: Mesanopin tephritinum Enderlein, 1912: 369, by original designation
♀ HOLOTYPE [PANZ].

New generic synonym
Acanthoneuropsis Frey, 1932 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
= Mesanopin Enderlein, 1912 [Diptera, Platystomatidae] (Whittington, 2003: 143).

Prionoscelia Enderlein, 1922 [Diptera, Platystomatidae]
= Mesanopin Enderlein, 1912 [Diptera, Platystomatidae] (Whittington, 2003: 143).

New species

Diptera,Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhininae

Lygistorrhina woodi Blagoderov, Ollerton & Whittington, 2023: 152

♂ HOLOTYPE Yemen [NMSE].

Diptera, Lonchopteridae
Lonchoptera rava Whittington 1991: 208 

♂ HOLOTYPE South Africa [NMSA].

Lonchoptera ungandenis Whittington, 1991: 211
♀ HOLOTYPE Uganda [NHML].

Lonchoptera pseudolutea Whittington & Beuk, 2022

♂ HOLOTYPE Georgia [ZMFK].

Diptera, Hybotidae
Drapetis hiatus Whittington, 1993: 194
♂ HOLOTYPE South Africa [NMSA]

Diptera, Syrphidae
Graptomyza amplicavum Whittington, 1992: 225
♀ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [USNM].

Graptomyza clarala Whittington, 1992: 228
♀ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [USNM].

Graptomyza lutea Whittington, 1992: 242
♂ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [CASC].

Graptomyza nigricavum Whittington, 1992: 247
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [CASC].

Graptomyza pallidinotata Whittington, 1992: 229]
♂ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [NMWC].

Graptomyza summa Whittington, 1992: 234]
♂ HOLOTYPE Lesotho [NMSA].

Graptomyza spinifera Whittington, 1994; 719
♀ HOLOTYPE Gabon [MNHN].

Paragus cooksoni Whittington, 1998; 186
♂ HOLOTYPE Zimbabwe [NMSA].

Diptera, Platystomatidae, Plastotephritinae
Agadasys hexablepharis Whittington, 2000: 338
♀ HOLOTYPE Thailand [BPBM].

Agadasys xizangensis Chen & Whittington, 2006: 62
♂ HOLOTYPE China [IZCAS].

Agrochira bicolour Whittington, 2003: 48
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [TAUI].

Agrochira bifocalis Whittington, 2003: 50
♂ HOLOTYPE Uganda [NHML].

Agrochira corniculata Whittington, 2003: 52
♂ HOLOTYPE Uganda [NHML].

Agrochira parallaxis Whittington, 2003: 54
♂ HOLOTYPE Uganda [NHML].

Atopocnema binotata Whittington, 2003: 59
♂ HOLOTYPE Angola [NHML].

Cladoderris cnephosa Whittington, 2003: 71
♂ HOLOTYPE Moçambique [NMSA].

Cladoderris convexa Whittington, 2003: 73
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [TAUI].

Cladoderris ornata Whittington, 2003: 74
♂ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [TAUI].

Conopariella cidara Whittington, 2003: 90
♂ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [MNHN].

Conopariella exigua Whittington, 2003: 99
♀ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [MRAC].

Conopariella steyskali Whittington, 2003: 107
♀ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [TAUI].

Conopariella ustulata Whittington, 2003: 116
♀ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [TAUI].

Eudasys ophrys Whittington, 2003: 120
♂ HOLOTYPE [NMWC] Nigeria.

Furcamyia contra Whittington, 2003: 134
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [TAUI].

Furcamyia gladiatura Whittington, 2003: 138
♂ HOLOTYPE South Africa [NMSA].

Furcamyia pallida Whittington,2003:140
♀ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [NHML].

Mesanopin adamanta Whittington, 2003: 147
♂ HOLOTYPE Ghana [NHML].

Mesanopin ametromastax Whittington, 2003: 149
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [TAUI].

Mesanopin biplexum Whittington, 2003: 152
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [NHML].

Mesanopin bvumba Whittington, 2003: 156
♂ HOLOTYPE Zimbabwe [NMSA].

Mesanopin clavigrum Whittington, 2003: 158
♂ HOLOTYPE Kenya [NHML].

Mesanopin londti Whittington, 2003: 165
♀ HOLOTYPE Swaziland [NMSA].

Mesanopin palaga Whittington, 2003: 170
♂ HOLOTYPE South Africa [NMSA].

Mesanopin pallidum Whittington, 2003: 173
♂ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [NMWC].

Mesanopin tridens Whittington, 2003: 178
♂ HOLOTYPE Tanzania [TAUI].

Micronesomyia hemihyalina Whittington, 2003: 181
♂ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [MNHN].

Oeciotypa disjuncta Whittington, 2003: 187
♀ HOLOTYPE South Africa [NMSA].

Oeciotypa skaia Whittington, 2003: 198
♂ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [NHML].

Oeciotypa splendens Whittington, 2003: 201
♂ HOLOTYPE Uganda [TAUI].

Plastotephritis nosphidia Whittington, 2003:  211
♂ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [ZMHB].

Plastotephritis sica Whittington, 2003: 215
♀ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [TAUI].

Stellapteryx minuta Whittington, 2003: 229
♀ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [NMWC].

Stellapteryx stellata Whittington, 2003: 230
♂ HOLOTYPE Madagascar [MNHN].

Venacalva dichas Whittington, 2003: 236
♂ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [MRAC].

Venacalva margarita Whittington, 2003: 238
♂ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [USNM].

Venacalva virga Whittington, 2003: 242
♀ HOLOTYPE Togo [TAUI].

Xyrogena camura Whittington, 2003: 251
♀ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [USNM].

Xyrogena flocca Whittington, 2003: 253
♂ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [KBIN].

Xyrogena grossa Whittington, 2003: 257
♀ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [NMWC].

Xyrogena hispida Whittington, 2003: 259
♂ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [TAUI].

Xyrogena hypena Whittington, 2003: 262
♂ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [MNHN].

Xyrogena ligula Whittington, 2003: 264
♂ HOLOTYPE Zaïre [MRAC].

Xyrogena linea Whittington, 2003: 266
♂ HOLOTYPE Cameroun [MNHN].

Xyrogena loxa Whittington, 2003: 268
♂ HOLOTYPE Uganda [NHML].

Xyrogena recta Whittington, 2003: 272
♂ HOLOTYPE Nigeria [TAUI].

Diptera, Platystomatidae, Platystomatinae

Neoardelio aspalathus Whittington, 2000: 6

♂ HOLOTYPE South Africa  [SANC].

New sub-species

Aves, Turdidae
Zoothera erythronota kabaena Robinson-Dean et al., 2002: 3
♂ HOLOTYPE Kabaena, Indonesia [MZBB]

Asilidae

Empodiodes whittingtoni  Londt, 1992

Revision of three small Afrotropical asilid genera, Empodiodes Oldroyd, Hynirhynchus Lindner and Lycostommyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae). Journal of African Zoology, 106(1) 1992: 55-79.

Microphontes whittingtoni  Londt, 1994

Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera. Annals of the Natal Museum, 35, October 1994: 71-96.

Gonioscelis whittingtoni  Londt 2004

 A review of the afrotropical genus Gonioscelis Schiner,1866 (Diptera: Asilidae), with descriptions of new species. African Invertebrates, 45, December 2004: 21-124.

Diastatidae

Diastata whittingtoni Barraclough, 1992

A synopsis of the Afrotropical Diastatidae (Diptera), with the description of five new species from southern and east Africa and first record of the Campichoetinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33(1), October 1992: 13-36.

Sphaeroceridae

Achaetothorax whittingtoni Norrbom & Papp, 1994

Norrbom, A. L. & L. Papp. 1994. Additional new species and analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Achaetothorax Hedicke (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40: 65-86.

Dolichopodidae

Apelastoneurus whittingtoni (Grichanov 2004)

Grichanov, I. I. (2004). Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS.

and:

Grichanov, I. Y. (2006). New genera and new combinations for afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Dolichopodidae, Diptera). International Journal of Dipterological Research, 17(1), 23-34.

Platystomatidae

Duomyia whittingtoni  McAlpine, 2012

McAlpine, D. K. (2012). Signal Flies of the Genus Duomyia (Diptera: Platystomatidae) in the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 64(2-3), 121-148.

The following institutions are gratefully acknowledged with thanks for the loan of materials used in published papers. Those in bold font contain types listed in Taxonomic acts.

AMGS - Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa.
AMNH - American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.
AMSA - Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.
BPBM - Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
CASC - California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S.A.
CMNH - The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
CNCI - Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
CUIC - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
CUMZ - Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, England.
DEIC - Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde, Germany.
ETHZ - Entomologische Institute, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule-zentrum, Zürich.
IZCAS - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
KBIN - Koninklijk Belgisch Institut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussels, Belgium.
MCSN - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa, Italy.
MCZC - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
MNHN - Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
MRAC - Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
MZBB -  Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia.
MZLU - Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
NHML - The Natural History Museum, London, England.
NHMW - Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria.
NIAR - Nigerian Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, Nigeria.
NMBZ - Natural History Museum, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
NMKE - National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
NMSA - Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
NMSE - National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
NMWC - National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales.
OXUM - Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum, Oxford, England.
PANZ - Polska Akadenia Nauk Muzeum I Instytut Zoologii, Warszawa, Poland.
PPRZ - Plant Protection Research Institute, Causeway, Zimbabwe.
SAMC - South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
SANC - National Collection of Insects, Pretoria, South Africa.
SMNS - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany.
TAUI - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
USNM - United States National Museum, Washington, U.S.A.
UZMC - University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen.
UZMH - University Zoological Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
ZMHB - Zoologisches Museum an der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany.