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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Phthiriinae » Poecilognathini » Tmemophlebia

Genus Tmemophlebia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Strange Fly - Tmemophlebia - female Bee Fly - Tmemophlebia Bee Fly - Tmemophlebia A female T. coquilletti from White Sands? - Tmemophlebia - female A female T. coquilletti from White Sands? - Tmemophlebia - female A female T. coquilletti from White Sands? - Tmemophlebia - female Possibly a male T. coquilletti from White Sands? - Tmemophlebia - male A more canonical male T. coquiletti from White Sands? - Tmemophlebia - male
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 Phthiriinae
Tribe Poecilognathini
Genus Tmemophlebia
Explanation of Names
Tmemophlebia Evenhuis 1986
Numbers
9 species north of Mexico, several more south of the United States(1)
Range
New World (se./sc. Canada to Brazil); in our area, T. coquilletti is widespread (QC-MB-ID-CA to MD-TX), T. aldrichi SD-OR to GA-TX-CA, T. amplicella KS-TX-AZ(2)
Habitat
sand dunes or other sandy habitats
Remarks
Revised by Hall and Evenuis (2004) with descriptions of new species.
Works Cited
1.Homeodactyla and Asilomorpha: Bombyliidae, Vol. 5, Part 13, in 'Flies of the Nearctic Region', edited by G. C. D. Griffiths
Jack C. Hall & Neal L. Evenhuis. 1980. E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.
2.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 June, 2006 - 3:16am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 8:10pm

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