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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini

Tribe Bombyliini

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Bombylius Filling Her Sand Chamber - Bombylius - female Fuzzy yellow fly - Systoechus Bee Fly - Systoechus Fly 1 (Timothy Lake) - Systoechus oreas bee fly - Bombylius pygmaeus Beefly - Bombylius major Greater Bee Fly? - Bombylius major Mystery insect - Bombylius major
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 Bombyliinae
Tribe Bombyliini
Numbers
~100 spp. in 5 genera in our area (>80% in Bombylius), ~900 spp. in >50 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide, by far most diverse in Africa, but the largest genus, Bombylius, is >50% Palaearctic; in our area, much more diverse in the west, esp. sw. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 16 April, 2007 - 10:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 April, 2012 - 8:07pm

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