Genus Geron

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References

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 Toxophorinae

Genus Geron

Numbers

23 species in North America (nearctica.com)

Identification

Joel Kits mentioned here "the humpbacked appearance, the conical shape of the abdomen, long antennae with a tapered 3rd segment..."

the ones pictured here and on the web have a long beak

Print References

Hall, Jack C., & Neal L. Evenhuis. 2003. Review of the subgenus Geron (Geron) Meigen in the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae). Zootaxa, 181, 1-72.

Internet References

pinned adult image of unidentified Geron species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 16 January, 2005 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 14 February, 2009 - 12:51am

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