Exoprosopa
Exoprosopa | |
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Exoprosopa italica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Infraorder: | Asilomorpha |
Superfamily: | Asiloidea |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
Tribe: | Exoprosopini |
Genus: | Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840 |
Type species | |
Bibio capucina Fabricius, 1781 | |
Synonyms | |
Exoprosopa is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with over 325 described species.[2]
Description
They are mostly large flies, of about 14mm, sometimes larger, up to 22mm, though a few species are as small as 6mm. This genus contains the largest bee flies. The head is large and only loosely attached to the thorax. the antenna are small and well separated and they have large wings, up to 64 mm in expanse on the very largest species. Many species are sexually dimorphic.[2]
Distribution
Species are found worldwide, however Southern Africa is especially species rich with over 135 species. [2]
Selected Species
- E. actites Painter, 1969
- E. agassizii Loew, 1869
- E. albicollaris Painter, 1962
- E. albifrons Curran, 1930
- E. anomala Painter, 1934
- E. arenicola Johnson and Johnson, 1959
- E. argentifasciata Macquart, 1846
- E. atripes Cole, 1923
- E. aztec Painter, 1969
- E. bellula Painter, 1969
- E. bifurca Loew, 1869
- E. bowdeni Sanchez-Terrón, 1990
- E. brevirostris Williston, 1901
- E. brevistylata Williston, 1901
- E. butleri Johnson and Johnson, 1959
- E. californiae (Walker, 1852)
- E. caliptera (Say, 1823)
- E. callima Painter, 1969
- E. capucina (Fabricius, 1781)
- E. celer Cole, 1916
- E. clarki Curran, 1930
- E. cleomene Egger, 1859
- E. cracens Painter, 1969
- E. cubana Loew, 1869
- E. decora Loew, 1869
- E. dispar Loew, 1869
- E. divisa (Coquillett, 1887)
- E. dodrans Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. dodrina Curran, 1930
- E. dorcadion Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. doris Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. eremita Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. fasciata Macquart, 1840
- E. fasciolata Painter, 1969
- E. fascipennis (Say, 1824)
- E. filia Osten Sacken, 1886
- E. fuligosa Painter, 1969
- E. fumosa Cresson, 1919
- E. grandis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820
- E. hulli Painter, 1930
- E. hyalipennis Cole, 1923
- E. ingens Cresson, 1919
- E. iota Osten Sacken, 1886
- E. italica (Rossi, 1794)
- E. jacchus (Fabricius, 1805)
- E. jonesi Cresson, 1919
- E. junta Curran, 1930
- E. leon Painter, 1969
- E. lepida Painter, 1969
- E. lutzi Curran, 1930
- E. megaera (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820)
- E. meigenii (Wiedemann, 1828)
- E. melaena Loew, 1874
- E. minois Loew, 1869
- E. minos (Meigen, 1804)
- E. minuscula Painter, 1969
- E. munda Loew, 1869
- E. mus Curran, 1930
- E. noctula (Wiedemann, 1830)
- E. onusta (Walker, 1852)
- E. painterorum Johnson and Johnson, 1960
- E. pallasii (Wiedemann, 1818)
- E. pandora (Fabricius, 1805)
- E. pardus Osten Sacken, 1886
- E. pavida Williston, 1901
- E. pectoralis Loew, 1874
- E. pleskei Paramonov, 1928
- E. pueblensis Jaennicke, 1867
- E. rhea Osten Sacken, 1886
- E. rivularis (Meigen, 1820)
- E. rostrifera Jaennicke, 1867
- E. rufa Painter, 1962
- E. rutilla (Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818)
- E. sackeni Williston, 1901
- E. sharonae Johnson and Johnson, 1959
- E. sima Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. socia Osten Sacken, 1886
- E. sordida Loew, 1869
- E. texana Curran, 1930
- E. tiburonensis Cole, 1923
- E. titubans Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. utahensis Johnson and Johnson, 1959
- E. xanthina Painter, 1934
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References
- ↑ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bishop Museum. 2003. pp. 291–535. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
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