A review of the assassin-fly genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)
The asilid genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 is revised.The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical Region where it medford infraction has been confused with the more widely distributed Laphystia Loew, 1847, which currently has no Afrotropical representatives.Three previously described species are recognised: Laphyctis gigantella (Loew, 1852), type of the