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Genus Aphoebantus

Aphoebantus - Aphoebantus conurus - male Aphoebantus - Aphoebantus interruptus - female Dark Aphoebantus male - Aphoebantus - male Aphoebantus at Rest - Aphoebantus fumosus - male Santee Dipt - Aphoebantus transitus Red-eyed bombyliid - Aphoebantus mus - male Aphoebantus Bombyliid - Aphoebantus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Aphoebantini
Genus Aphoebantus
Explanation of Names
Aphoebantus Loew 1872
Numbers
67 spp. in our area (56 in CA, of which 18 are CA endemics), ~80 total(1)
Identification
(2)
sexes can be told apart by eye size(3)
Range
Mostly nearctic (3 spp. neotropical), 12 spp. in Eurasia; in our area, sw. US, with a few ranging to WA & KS(1)