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Checklist for Family Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Flies)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
50
306
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
39
233
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
106
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
88
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
53
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saudi Arabia
53 Genera with 182 Species
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Aleucosia Edwards, 18416SpeciesTaxom
Anastoechus Osten-sacken, 18817SpeciesTaxom
Anthrax Scopoli, 1859Charcoal Bee Flies12SpeciesTaxom
Antonia Pohl, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Balaana Lambkin & Ye..., 18923SpeciesTaxom
Bombylella Greathead, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Bombylisoma Rondani, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Bombylius Linnaeus, 1980Greater Bee Flies11SpeciesTaxom
Caecanthrax Greathead, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Comptosia Macquart, 193410SpeciesTaxom
Cononedys Hermann, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Cytherea Fabricius, 19256SpeciesTaxom
Desmatoneura Williston, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Docidomyia White, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Doddosia Edwards, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Efflatounia Bezzi, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Exechohypopion Evenhuis, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Exhyalanthrax Becker, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Exoprosopa Macquart, 192411SpeciesTaxom
Geron Meigen, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Gonarthrus Bezzi, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Heteralonia Rondani, 184011SpeciesTaxom
Heterotropus Loew, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Kapu Lambkin & Ye..., 20032SpeciesTaxom
Legnotomyia Bezzi, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Ligyra Newman, 19247SpeciesTaxom
Litorhina Bowden, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Mandella Evenhuis, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Meomyia Evenhuis, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Micomitra Bowden, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Munjua Lambkin & Ye..., 20032SpeciesTaxom
Muwarna Lambkin & Ye..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Neosardus Roberts, 19294SpeciesTaxom
Ngalki Lambkin, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Oncodosia Edwards, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthrax Francois, 19804SpeciesTaxom
Palrika Lambkin & Ye..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Petrorossia Bezzi, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Plesiocera Macquart, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopenthes Roberts, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pterobates Bezzi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Sisyromyia White, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Sparnopolius Loew, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Spogostylum Macquart, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Staurostichus Hull, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Systoechus Loew, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 18698SpeciesTaxom
Toxophora Meigen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Veribubo Evenhuis, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Villa Lioy, 19676SpeciesTaxom
Wurda Lambkin & Ye..., 20036SpeciesTaxom
Xeramoeba Hesse, 19033SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
182 Species
Aleucosia atherix Newman, 1841
Aleucosia calophthalma Thomson, 1869
Aleucosia colona Yeates, 1991
Aleucosia corculum Newman, 1841
Aleucosia fulvipes Bigot, 1892
Aleucosia maculosa Newman, 1841
Anastoechus bahirae Becker, 1915
Anastoechus exalbidus Wiedemann, 1820
Anastoechus miscens Walker, 1871
Anastoechus nividulus Evenhuis & G..., 1999
Anastoechus nivifrons Walker, 1871
Anastoechus stramineus Wiedemann, 1820
Anastoechus trisignatus Portchinsky, 1881
Anthrax angularis (Thomson, 1869)⇒ Villa angularis Thomson, 1869
Anthrax argentius Yeates & Lam..., 1998
Anthrax asciculus Yeates & Lam..., 1998
Anthrax confluensis Roberts, 1928
Anthrax crenatus Yeates & Lam..., 1998
Anthrax decisus Bezzi, 1924
Anthrax dentata Becker, 1907
Anthrax incomptus Walker, 1849
Anthrax maculatus Macquart, 1846
Anthrax opacus Yeates & Lam..., 1998
Anthrax proconcisus Hardy, 1942
Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859
Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856
Balaana abscondita Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Balaana centrosa Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Balaana latelimbata Bigot, 1892
Bombylella delicata Wiedemann, 1830
Bombylella ornata Wiedemann, 1828
Bombylisoma tripunctatum Macquart, 1840
Bombylius (Bombylius) cinerascens Mikan, 1796
Bombylius (Bombylius) modestus Loew, 1873
Bombylius (Bombylius) niveus (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Anastoechus nividulus Evenhuis & G..., 1999
Bombylius (Bombylius) pumilus Meigen, 1820
Bombylius (Bombylius) trichurus Pallas, 1818
Bombylius flavissimus Greathead, 1980
Bombylius marebensis Greathead, 1967
Bombylius massaurensis Greathead, 1967
Bombylius pallidipilus Greathead, 1967
Bombylius phaeopterus Bezzi, 1924
Bombylius saudiensis Greathead, 1980
Caecanthrax arabica Macquart, 1840
Caecanthrax inauratus Klug, 1832
Comptosia brunnea Edwards, 1934
Comptosia flexuosa Yeates, 1991
Comptosia magna Yeates, 1991
Comptosia microrhynchus Yeates, 1991
Comptosia murina Newman, 1841
Comptosia paramonovi Yeates, 1991
Comptosia pilosa Yeates, 1991
Comptosia pitereka Yeates, 1991
Comptosia quadripennis Walker, 1849
Comptosia vittata Edwards, 1934
Cononedys bilobata Bezzi, 1924
Cononedys bilobatoides El-Hawagry, 2007
Cononedys inornata Greathead, 1967
Cytherea albolineata Bezzi, 1925
Cytherea alexandrina Becker, 1902
Cytherea delicata Becker, 1906
Cytherea fenestrata Loew, 1873
Cytherea nucleorum Becker, 1902
Cytherea thyridophora Bezzi, 1925
Desmatoneura frontalis Wiedemann, 1828
Docidomyia puellaris White, 1916
Docidomyia swani Paramonov, 1951
Doddosia lurida Yeates, 1990
Efflatounia aegyptiaca Bezzi, 1925
Exechohypopion nigricostatum Macquart, 1850
Exhyalanthrax beckerianus Bezzi, 1924
Exhyalanthrax blattae Greathead, 1995
Exhyalanthrax pseudoflammiger Bezzi, 1924
Exhyalanthrax triangularis Bezzi, 1924
Exoprosopa biguttata Macquart, 1834
Exoprosopa decrepita Wiedemann, 1828
Exoprosopa efflatounbeyi Paramonov, 1928
Exoprosopa efflatouni Bezzi, 1925
Exoprosopa eritreae Greathead, 1967
Exoprosopa nemesis Fabricius, 1805
Exoprosopa nigrifimbriata Hesse, 1956
Exoprosopa onusta Walker, 1852
Exoprosopa pharaonis Paramonov, 1928
Exoprosopa pusilla Macquart, 1840
Exoprosopa serva Bezzi, 1924
Geron (Plichtamyia) nigrocciput Evenhuis, 1979
Geron efflatouni Greathead, 1999
Geron olivierii Macquart, 1840
Gonarthrus longibarbus Efflatoun, 1945
Gonarthrus nivalis Hesse, 1938
Heteralonia (Acrodisca) suffusa Klug, 1832
Heteralonia (Zygodipla) aeaca Meigen, 1804
Heteralonia aegina Wiedemann, 1828
Heteralonia bagdadensis Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia bisecta Greathead, 1988
Heteralonia fallaciosa Loew, 1873
Heteralonia lugubris Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia mucorea Klug, 1832
Heteralonia olivierii Macquart, 1840
Heteralonia rivularis Meigen, 1820
Heteralonia singularis Macquart, 1840
Heterotropus aegyptiacus Paramonov, 1929
Kapu adelaidica Macquart, 1855
Kapu irwini Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Legnotomyia cineracea Austen, 1937
Lepidanthrax albifrons Roberts, 1928
Ligyra astarte Greathead, 1980
Ligyra chinnicki Paramonov, 1967
Ligyra cingulata Wulp, 1885
Ligyra eyreana Paramonov, 1967
Ligyra monacha Klug, 1832
Ligyra sinuatifascia Macquart, 1855
Ligyra virgo Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina metapleuralis Bezzi, 1924
Litorhina salamonae Greathead, 1967
Mandella albohirta Roberts, 1928
Meomyia fasciculata Macquart, 1840
Micomitra chrystallina Bezzi, 1924
Munjua erugata Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Munjua paralutea Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Muwarna stellifera Walker, 1849
Neosardus australis Yeates, 1996
Neosardus danielsi Yeates, 1996
Neosardus nigratus Roberts, 1929
Neosardus principius Roberts, 1929
Ngalki trigonum Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Oncodosia patula Walker, 1849
Oncodosia triangularis Yeates, 1988
Pachyanthrax albosegmentatus Engel, 1936
Pachyanthrax circe Klug, 1832
Pachyanthrax dimidiata Greathead, 1988
Pachyanthrax velleris Greathead, 1980
Palrika whyalla Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Petrorossia albula Zaitzev, 1962
Petrorossia letho Wiedemann, 1828
Petrorossia tropicalis Bezzi, 1921
Plesiocera ochraea Greathead, 1967
Pseudopenthes fenestrata Roberts, 1928
Pterobates chalybaea Roder, 1887
Sisyromyia aurata Walker, 1849Sisyromyia Aurata
Sisyromyia limbata Bigot, 1892
Sparnopolius megacephalus Portschinsky, 1887
Spogostylum dagomba Bowden, 1964
Spogostylum griseipennis Macquart, 1850
Spogostylum niphas Hermann, 1907
Spogostylum niphoides Greathead, 1980
Spogostylum ocyale Wiedemann, 1828
Spogostylum sordidum Sack, 1909
Staurostichus leucopygus Wulp, 1885
Systoechus arabicus Greathead, 1980
Systoechus aurifacies Greathead, 1958
Systoechus submicans Greathead, 1980
Systoechus vulpinus Becker, 1910
Thyridanthrax anomala Greathead, 1980
Thyridanthrax anomalus Greathead, 1980
Thyridanthrax decipulus Austen, 1937
Thyridanthrax griseolus Klug, 1832
Thyridanthrax idolus Hesse, 1956
Thyridanthrax kappa Bowden, 1964
Thyridanthrax mutilus Loew, 1869
Thyridanthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869
Toxophora aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1945
Veribubo angusteoculata Becker, 1902
Veribubo saffra Greathead, 1981
Veribubo saudensis Francois, 1970
Veribubo semifuscus Engel, 1936
Veribubo tabaninus Bezzi, 1925
Villa angularis Thomson, 1869
Villa bivirgata Austen, 1937
Villa galla Greathead, 1967
Villa micrargyra Walker, 1871
Villa paniscoides Bezzi, 1912
Villa venus Greathead, 1967
Wurda emu Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Wurda impatientis Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Wurda montebelloensis Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Wurda norrisi Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Wurda windorah Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Wurda wyperfeldensis Lambkin & Ye..., 2003
Xeramoeba arabica Greathead, 1980
Xeramoeba oophaga Zakhvatkin, 1931
Xeramoeba semirufa Sack, 1903

Subnodes of Bombyliidae with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
SubfamilyAnthracinae
Latreille, 1804
27
106
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAntoniinae
Bowden, 1980
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBombyliinae
Latreille, 1802
13
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCythereinae
Becker, 1913
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGeroninae
Hesse, 1938
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLomatiinae
Schiner, 1868
6
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTomomyzinae
Becker, 1913
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyToxophorinae
Schiner, 1868
2
2
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