Exoprosopa

Exoprosopa
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
  • Litorhynchus Macquart, 1840
  • Trinaria Mulsant, 1852
  • Argyrospila Rondani, 1856
  • Defilippia Lioy, 1864
  • Litorrhynchus Verrall in Scudder, 1882
  • Exoptata Coquillett, 1887
  • Cladodisca Bezzi, 1922
  • Litomyza Hull, 1973[1]

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

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References

  1. "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bishop Museum. 2003. pp. 291–535. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  2. 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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