Genus Thevenetimyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Thevenetimyia (Arthroneura) tridentata - Thevenetimyia tridentata - female

Unidentified fly - Thevenetimyia culiciformis

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 Ecliminae

Genus Thevenetimyia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thevenemyia Bigot

The valid spelling Thevenetimyia is a justified emendation (1). This has been confirmed by Neal Evenhuis (personal communication, HW).

Numbers

Nearctica lists 22 species.

Size

7-17 mm (Hull, p.180 (2))

Range

A mostly nearctic genus, with 27 species in this region (9 species outside Nearctic). (1)

Print References

Hall, Jack C. 1969. A REVIEW OF THE SUBFAMILY CYLLENINAE WITH A WORLD REVISION OF THE GENUS THEVENEMYIA BIGOT (ECLIMUS AUCT.) (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Univ. of Calif. Publications in Entomology, Vol. 56

Works Cited

1.	World Catalog of Bee Flies: Diptera : bombyliidae By Neal L. Evenhuis

2.	Bee Flies of the World By Hull, Frank M.

Contributed by tom murray on 3 June, 2006 - 4:35am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 9 June, 2008 - 7:35pm

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