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Tribe Xeramoebini

Desmatoneura argentifrons - male fly, green eyes - Desmatoneura argentifrons Diptera: Bombyliidae - Desmatoneura argentifrons Diptera: Bombyliidae - Desmatoneura argentifrons Diptera: Bombyliidae - Desmatoneura argentifrons
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 Anthracinae
Tribe Xeramoebini
Numbers
a single species in the New World, ~100 spp. in 5 genera total(1)
Range
Old World group, most spp. in Africa and Eurasia; the only New World representative in se. US & Sonora(1)