Genus Tmemophlebia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

curve-billed fly - side - Tmemophlebia coquilletti

curve-billed fly - top - Tmemophlebia coquilletti

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)

Subfamily Phthiriinae

Genus Tmemophlebia

Numbers

5 species in North America listed at nearctica.com

Range

much of United States and southcentral Canada (Quebec to Manitoba)

also occurs south to Brazil

Habitat

sand dunes or other sandy habitats

Remarks

page creation based on Neal Evenhuis' identification of this image

See Also

other members of the subfamily Phthiriinae

Internet References

distribution and type specimen locations; PDF doc (Neal Evenhuis and D.J. Greathead, World Catalog of Bee Flies, part 1)

key to Bombyliidae of eastern US with drawings of anatomical parts (Herschel Raney, Arkansas)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 June, 2006 - 3:16am

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