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Checklist for Family Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
445
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
371
813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
84
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
66
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
30
71
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
30 Genera with 71 Species
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Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1910Charcoal Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Antonia Pohl, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Apolysis Loew, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Beckerellus Greathead, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Bombomyia Greathead, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1924Greater Bee Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Callostoma Macquart, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Cononedys Hermann, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Desmatoneura Williston, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 19249SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Hemipenthes Loew, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Isocnemus Bezzi, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Laminanthrax Greathead, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Lomatia Meigen, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Parisus Walker, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19474SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 18214SpeciesTaxom
Xerachistus Greathead, 19241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
71 Species
Anastoechus ravus Greathead, 1970
Anastoechus spinifacies Bezzi, 1924
Anthrax hemimelas Speiser, 1910
Antonia aurata Bowden, 1959
Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856
Apolysis maskali Greathead, 1966
Beckerellus obtusus Bezzi, 1924
Beckerellus terminatus Becker, 1909
Bombomyia discoidea Fabricius, 1794
Bombylella auricoma Bezzi, 1924
Bombylella delicata Wiedemann, 1830
Bombylella ornata Wiedemann, 1828
Bombylisoma senegalense Macquart, 1840
Bombylius (Bombylius) modestus Loew, 1873
Bombylius basifumatus Speiser, 1914
Bombylius femoralis Bezzi, 1924
Bombylius horni Paramonov, 1931
Bombylius modestoides Bowden, 1975
Bombylius neithokris Jaennicke, 1867
Bombylius phaeopterus Bezzi, 1924
Callostoma distincta Greathead, 1972
Cononedys bilobata Bezzi, 1924
Desmatoneura frontalis Wiedemann, 1828
Exhyalanthrax abruptus Loew, 1860
Exhyalanthrax flammiger Walker, 1849
Exoprosopa allothyris Bezzi, 1920
Exoprosopa atrinasis Speiser, 1910
Exoprosopa biguttata Macquart, 1834
Exoprosopa busiris Jaennicke, 1867
Exoprosopa luteicosta Bezzi, 1921
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa punctulata Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa senegalensis Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa temnocera Bezzi, 1924
Geron albifacies Bezzi, 1924
Gonarthrus cylindricus Bezzi, 1906
Gonarthrus leucomelas Bowden, 1975
Gonarthrus longipennis Greathead, 1967
Hemipenthes ethiops Greathead, 1967
Heteralonia axumitae Greathead, 1967
Heteralonia serpentata Loew, 1854
Isocnemus nemestrinus Bezzi, 1924
Laminanthrax chionophorus Bezzi, 1925
Ligyra alula Bezzi, 1906
Ligyra sisyphus Fabricius, 1805
Litorhina corticeus Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina erythraeus Bezzi, 1906
Litorhina producta Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina suspensus Bezzi, 1924
Lomatia inornata Loew, 1854
Parisus luteipennis Bezzi, 1924
Parisus pangoniiformis Greathead, 1995
Petrorossia fulvipes Loew, 1860
Petrorossia fuscicosta Bezzi, 1924
Petrorossia letho Wiedemann, 1828
Petrorossia tenuis Walker, 1871
Petrorossia tropicalis Bezzi, 1921
Spogostylum dagomba Bowden, 1964
Spogostylum ventrale Bezzi, 1924
Systoechus audax Greathead, 1967
Systoechus exilipes Bezzi, 1923
Systoechus montuosus Greathead, 1967
Systoechus somali Oldroyd, 1947
Thyridanthrax idolus Hesse, 1956
Thyridanthrax incipiens Bezzi, 1924
Thyridanthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869
Villa atrisquama Bezzi, 1924
Villa galla Greathead, 1967
Villa paniscoides Bezzi, 1912
Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821
Xerachistus acutus Bezzi, 1924

Subnodes of Bombyliidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyAnthracinae
Latreille, 1804
12
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAntoniinae
Bowden, 1980
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBombyliinae
Latreille, 1802
11
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCythereinae
Becker, 1913
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGeroninae
Hesse, 1938
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLomatiinae
Schiner, 1868
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUsiinae
Becker, 1913
1
1
Genus
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