Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) brevistilus Hesse, 1967
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) brevistilus Hesse, 1967
- Name authority
- Hesse, 1967
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Mythicomyiidae
- Genus
- Empidideicus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderDiptera
- familyMythicomyiidae Melander, 1902
- genusEmpidideicus Becker, 1907
- subgenusEmpidideicus (Anomaloptilus) Hesse, 1938
- speciesEmpidideicus (Anomaloptilus) brevistilus Hesse, 1967
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Empidideicus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) asiaticus Zaitzev, 1971 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) atomus (Frey, 1958) | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) efflatouni Engel, 1933 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) freyi Greathead, 1986 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) griseus Zaitzev, 1972 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) hackmani François, 1969 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) hispanus François, 1969 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) hungaricus Thalhammer, 1911 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) mariouti Efflatoun, 1945 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) psephenyps Evenhuis, 2009 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Empidideicus) socotrae Greathead & Evenhuis, 2001 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empidideicus (Anomaloptilus) sugonjaevi Zaitzev, 1971 | MythicomyiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Empidideicus brevistilus Hesse, 1967 Hesse, 1967 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hesse, A.J. (1967) Additions to the Cyrtosiinae (Bombyliidae) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 50: 89-130. [1967.12.??].Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39HVB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.