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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Toxophorinae » Geron

Genus Geron

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Geron sp. - Geron Geron sp. - Geron Fly (Diptera) - have no idea what family - Geron Bombyliid sp3 2808 - Geron Bee Fly, cf Geron - Geron fly - Geron calvus Bee Fly - Geron 5011458 Geron - Geron
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Toxophorinae
Genus Geron
Explanation of Names
Geron Meigen 1820
Greek 'old man' (imagine a humpbacked man carrying a cane)
Numbers
~35 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area, >170 spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide(1)(2)
Identification
humpbacked appearance, conical abdomen, long antennae with a tapered 3rd segment
Range
worldwide and across NA(1)
Remarks
the only member of the tribe Gerontinae(1)
See Also
Members of Usiinae (e.g. Apolysis) have blunt-tipped antennae (pointed in Geron) --compare(3)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2003) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
2.Review of the subgenus Geron (Geron) Meigen in the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae)
By Hall J.C., Evenhuis N.L.
3.The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 16 January, 2005 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Hartmut Wisch, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 14 April, 2012 - 3:41am

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