AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1928
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
305
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
273
456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
108
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
97
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
33
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Botswana
33 Genera with 94 Species
#ABCEGHLMNPSTV
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1821Charcoal Bee Flies4SpeciesTaxom
Beckerellus Greathead, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Bombomyia Greathead, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1936Greater Bee Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Corsomyza Wiedemann, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Eurycarenus Loew, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 195615SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 19366SpeciesTaxom
Heterotropus Loew, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Hyperusia Bezzi, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Larrpana Lambkin & Ye..., 19711SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 19567SpeciesTaxom
Lomatia Meigen, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Micomitra Bowden, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Notolomatia Greathead, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthrax Francois, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Parisus Walker, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Phthiria Meigen, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Pterobates Bezzi, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrophanus Karsch, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Systropus Wiedemann, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Toxophora Meigen, 19384SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18213SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
94 Species
Anastoechus erinaceus Bezzi, 1921
Anastoechus phaleratus Hesse, 1938
Anthrax doliops Hesse, 1956
Anthrax intermedius Hesse, 1936
Anthrax pithecius Fabricius, 1805
Anthrax pusillus Wiedemann, 1821
Beckerellus terminatus Becker, 1909
Bombomyia discoidea Fabricius, 1794
Bombylella delicata Wiedemann, 1830
Bombylella ornata Wiedemann, 1828
Bombylisoma kaokoense Hesse, 1938
Bombylisoma rhodesianum Hesse, 1938
Bombylisoma senegalense Macquart, 1840
Bombylius rufiventris Macquart, 1846
Bombylius vansoni Hesse, 1936
Corsomyza hirtipes Macquart, 1840
Eurycarenus cingulatus Hesse, 1936
Eurycarenus laticeps Loew, 1852
Eurycarenus sessilis Bezzi, 1921
Exhyalanthrax abruptoides Hesse, 1956
Exhyalanthrax abruptus Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax bechuanus Hesse, 1956
Exhyalanthrax flammiger Walker, 1849
Exhyalanthrax lugens Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax transiens Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa argentifrons Macquart, 1855
Exoprosopa dimidiata (Macquart, 1846)⇒ Larrpana dimidiatipennis Bowden, 1971
Exoprosopa dux Wiedemann, 1828
Exoprosopa fastidiosa Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa luteicosta Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa luteocera Hesse, 1956
Exoprosopa mira Hesse, 1936
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa pleroxantha Hesse, 1936
Exoprosopa pterosticha Hesse, 1936
Exoprosopa punctulata Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa rhodesiensis Hesse, 1956
Exoprosopa selenops Greathead, 2001
Exoprosopa sigmoidea Bezzi, 1912
Exoprosopa simillima Hesse, 1956
Geron bechuanus Hesse, 1936
Geron nomadicus Hesse, 1938
Gonarthrus culiciformis Hesse, 1936
Gonarthrus kalaharicus Hesse, 1936
Gonarthrus xanthinus Bezzi, 1921
Heteralonia aridicola Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia atrella Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia ceuthodonta Hesse, 1936
Heteralonia gonioneura Hesse, 1956
Heteralonia umbrosa Loew, 1860
Heteralonia zonata Hesse, 1936
Heterotropus munori Bezzi, 1926
Hyperusia intercedens Bowden, 1975
Hyperusia nivea Hesse, 1936
Hyperusia xantholeuca Bowden, 1975
Larrpana dimidiatipennis Bowden, 1971
Ligyra vittata Ricado, 1901
Litorhina basalis Ricardo, 1901
Litorhina bechuana Hesse, 1936
Litorhina dentiferus Bezzi, 1912
Litorhina ectophaeus Hesse, 1956
Litorhina maura Thunberg, 1827
Litorhina nyasae Ricardo, 1901
Litorhina vernayi Hesse, 1956
Lomatia kalaharica Hesse, 1956
Micomitra parvicellula Bezzi, 1921
Notolomatia albata Hesse, 1936
Notolomatia apicalis Hesse, 1956
Notolomatia mitis Loew, 1860
Notolomatia pulchriceps Loew, 1860
Pachyanthrax lutulentus Bezzi, 1921
Parisus aemulus Hesse, 1938
Parisus aurantiacus Macquart, 1840
Phthiria pubescens Bezzi, 1921
Phthiria tinctipennis Hesse, 1975
Pterobates apicalis Wiedemann, 1821
Sisyrophanus minor Bezzi, 1924
Spogostylum incisurale Macquart, 1840
Systoechus bechuanus (Hesse, 1936)⇒ Systoechus robustus Bezzi, 1912
Systoechus deceptus Hesse, 1938
Systoechus eremophilus Hesse, 1936
Systoechus kalaharicus Hesse, 1936
Systoechus robustus Bezzi, 1912
Systropus crudelis Westwood, 1876
Thyridanthrax calochromatus Bezzi, 1921
Thyridanthrax idolus Hesse, 1956
Thyridanthrax laetus Loew, 1860
Toxophora coeruleiventris Karsch, 1887
Toxophora cyanolepida (Hesse, 1938)⇒ Toxophora diploptera Speiser, 1910
Toxophora diploptera Speiser, 1910
Toxophora obliquisquamosa Hesse, 1938
Villa hybrida Hesse, 1956
Villa pachystyla Hesse, 1956
Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821

Subnodes of Bombyliidae with occurrences in Botswana
SubfamilyAnthracinae
Latreille, 1804
13
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBombyliinae
Latreille, 1802
11
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGeroninae
Hesse, 1938
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLomatiinae
Schiner, 1868
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMariobezziinae
Becker, 1913
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhthiriinae
Becker, 1913
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySystropinae
Wiedemann, 1830
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyToxophorinae
Schiner, 1868
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Bombyliidae (Latreille 1802)
Bombyliidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Bombyliidae at artfakta.se
Bombyliidae at dyntaxa.se
Bombyliidae at gbif.org
Bombyliidae at irmng.org
Bombyliidae at itis.gov