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Checklist for Family Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
888
4611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
63
693
3028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
102
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
53
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
9
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
9 Genera with 36 Species
Anthrax Scopoli, 1856Charcoal Bee Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1758Greater Bee Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Brachyanax Evenhuis, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Comptosia Macquart, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cyx Evenhuis, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 19719SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 17758SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 17753SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
36 Species
Anthrax arcus Meijere, 1913
Anthrax coeruleopennis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Ligyra fuscipennis Macquart, 1848
Anthrax distigma Wiedemann, 1828Bee fly
Anthrax emissa Walker, 1864
Anthrax emissus Walker, 1864
Anthrax incomptus Walker, 1849
Anthrax melanius Wulp, 1885
Anthrax semiscitus Walker, 1856
Bombylius (Bombylius) major Linnaeus, 1758Bee fly
Brachyanax aterrimus Doleschall, 1859
Brachyanax leucostigma Wulp, 1898
Brachyanax papuanus Evenhuis, 1981
Comptosia sobria Walker, 1849
Cyx papuana Evenhuis, 1993
Geron (Geron) aesion Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) albihalteris Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) bowdeni Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) erythroccipitalis Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) hemifuscis Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) nigrocciput Evenhuis, 1979
Geron (Plichtamyia) opacus Bowden, 1971
Geron (Plichtamyia) simplex Walker, 1858
Geron (Plichtamyia) sparsus Bowden, 1971
Ligyra alea Bowden, 1971
Ligyra audouinii Macquart, 1840
Ligyra cruciata Bowden, 1971
Ligyra doryca Boisduval, 1835
Ligyra fuscipennis Macquart, 1848
Ligyra leptyna Bowden, 1971
Ligyra ochracea Bowden, 1971
Ligyra satyrus Fabricius, 1775
Petrorossia fulvula Wiedemann, 1821
Petrorossia oceanica Bowden, 1971
Villa apicifera Walker, 1865
Villa pretendens Walker, 1859
Villa troglodyta Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Bombyliidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyAnthracinae
Latreille, 1804
5
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAntoniinae
Bowden, 1980
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBombyliinae
Latreille, 1802
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGeroninae
Hesse, 1938
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLomatiinae
Schiner, 1868
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