A typical Karoo landscape at Doornfontein Nature Reserve (photographed 21 March 2006), representative of the environment in which Empodiodes torridus sp. nov. has been collected.

 
 
  Part of: Londt JGH (2019) A revision of Empodiodes Oldroyd, 1972 with the descriptions of two new species from South Africa (Diptera, Asilidae, Stenopogoninae). African Invertebrates 60(1): 67-82. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.60.33075