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Taxonomy of Genus Geron Meigen, 1820


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Flies, Muscoid flies
178
15959
203753
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
23
2934
49726
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
13
1774
26308
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyBombyliidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bee-flies
474
9180
Genera
Species
SubfamilyGeroninae
Hesse, 1938
1
221
Genus
Species
TribeGerontini
Hesse, 1938
1
221
Genus
Species
GenusGeron
Meigen, 1820
221Species
Subnodes of Geron Meigen, 1820
SubgenusGeron (Empidigeron)
Painter, 1932
  ⇒ Geron
1Species
SubgenusGeron (Geron)
Meigen, 1820
23Species
SubgenusGeron (Plichtamyia)
Evenhuis, 1979
  ⇒ Geron
15Species
SpeciesGeron ablusus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron aequalis Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron africanus Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
SpeciesGeron alba Cole, 1923  ⇒ Geron subauratus
SpeciesGeron albaria Painter, 1932  ⇒ Geron senilis
SpeciesGeron albarius Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron albescens Brunetti, 1909
SpeciesGeron albidipennis Loew, 1869
Juniper globemallow, Slippery globemallow
SpeciesGeron albidulus Francois, 1969  ⇒ Geron halteralis
SpeciesGeron albidum Walker, 1857
SpeciesGeron albidus Walker, 1857
SpeciesGeron albifacies Bezzi, 1924
SpeciesGeron albipilosus Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron albus Cole, 1923
SpeciesGeron anceps Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron anomalus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron antologos Tabet, 1979  ⇒ Geron senilis
SpeciesGeron arenicola Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron argentifrons Brunetti, 1909
SpeciesGeron argutus Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron aridus Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron articulatus Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron asiaticus Zaitzev, 1967
SpeciesGeron auratus Zaitzev, 1962
SpeciesGeron auricomus Hall, 1976
SpeciesGeron barbatus Bezzi, 1921
SpeciesGeron basutoensis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron bechuanus Hesse, 1936
SpeciesGeron beyeri Hesse, 1938  ⇒ Geron nomadicus
SpeciesGeron bezzii Paramonov, 1930
SpeciesGeron binatus Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron borealis Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron breyeri Hesse, 1938  ⇒ Geron nomadicus
SpeciesGeron candidulus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron canescens Zaitzev, 1962
SpeciesGeron canus Philippi, 1865
SpeciesGeron capax Coquillett, 1892  ⇒ Apolysis capax
SpeciesGeron capensis Walker, 1852
SpeciesGeron capicolus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron cheilicterus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron cinctura Coquillett, 1894  ⇒ Apolysis cinctura
SpeciesGeron colei Evenhuis, 1978  ⇒ Geron holosericeus
SpeciesGeron confusus Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron consors Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron corcyreus Frey, 1936  ⇒ Geron gibbosus
SpeciesGeron cothuratus Bigot, 1892  ⇒ Geron (Plichtamyia) dispar
SpeciesGeron cressoni Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron curvipennis Zaitzev, 1972
SpeciesGeron dasycerus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron declinatus Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron delicatus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron dicronus Bigot, 1892
SpeciesGeron digitarius Cresson, 1919
SpeciesGeron dilutus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron disparilis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron dissors Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron dubiosus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron efflatouni Greathead, 1999
SpeciesGeron elachys Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron emiliae Zaitzev, 1964
SpeciesGeron eriogonae Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron erythropus Bezzi, 1925
SpeciesGeron etamorpha Carles-Tolrá, 2009
SpeciesGeron exemptus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron exumae Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron farri Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron fasciola Coquillett, 1892  ⇒ Apolysis fasciola
SpeciesGeron figuratus N. Theobald, 1937
SpeciesGeron freidbergi Zaitzev, 1996
SpeciesGeron furcifer Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron fuscipes Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron garagniae Efflatoun, 1945
SpeciesGeron gariepinus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron gibbosus Olivier, 1789
SpeciesGeron gilloni Lachaise & Bowden, 1976
SpeciesGeron grandis Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron griseus Zaitzev, 1962
SpeciesGeron halli Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron halteralis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820
SpeciesGeron hemifuscus Evenhuis, 1979
SpeciesGeron hesperidum Frey, 1936
SpeciesGeron hessei Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron heteropterus Wiedemann, 1821
SpeciesGeron hilaris White, 1916
SpeciesGeron holosericeus Walker, 1849
Largeflower milkweed
SpeciesGeron hybus Coquillett, 1894
SpeciesGeron infrequens Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron insularis Bigot, 1857  ⇒ Geron holosericeus
SpeciesGeron intonsus Bezzi, 1925
SpeciesGeron johnsoni Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron juxtus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron karooanus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron kazabi Zaitzev, 1972
SpeciesGeron kerzhneri Zaitzev, 1975
SpeciesGeron kozlovi Zaitzev, 1972
SpeciesGeron krymensis Paramonov, 1929
SpeciesGeron lactipennis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron lasiocornis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron latifrons Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron lepidus Bowden, 1962
SpeciesGeron leptocerus Bezzi, 1921
SpeciesGeron litoralis Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron longibarbus Efflatoun, 1945  ⇒ Gonarthrus longibarbus
SpeciesGeron longiventris Efflatoun, 1945
SpeciesGeron luctuosus Bezzi, 1921
SpeciesGeron macquarti Greathead, 1999
SpeciesGeron macropterus Loew, 1870  ⇒ Geron (Empidigeron) calvus
SpeciesGeron maculifacies Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron marius Bowden, 1980
SpeciesGeron marshalli Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron meigeni Greathead, 2001
SpeciesGeron michaili Zaitzev, 1972
SpeciesGeron mononensis Evenhuis, 1979
SpeciesGeron montanus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron monticola Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron munroi Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron mystacinus Bezzi, 1924
SpeciesGeron namaensis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron nasutus Bezzi, 1924
SpeciesGeron nephroideus Scarbrough, 1985
SpeciesGeron neromelanus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron nevadensis Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron nigerrimus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron nigrifacies Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron nigrifemoris Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron nigripes Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron nivea Cresson, 1919
SpeciesGeron niveoides Cole, 1923  ⇒ Geron holosericeus
SpeciesGeron niveolus Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
SpeciesGeron niveus Cresson, 1919  ⇒ Geron niveolus
SpeciesGeron nomadicus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron notios Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron nudus Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron oligocaenicus Timon-David, 1944
SpeciesGeron olivieri Macquart, 1840
SpeciesGeron olivierii Macquart, 1840
SpeciesGeron orthoperus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron painteri Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron pallipilosus Yang & Yang, 1992
SpeciesGeron parvidus Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron parvus Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron peringueyi Hesse, 1938  ⇒ Geron capensis
SpeciesGeron perplexus Tabet, 2001
SpeciesGeron peucon Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron phallophorus Bezzi, 1920
SpeciesGeron philippinensis Evenhuis & Arakaki, 1980
SpeciesGeron platysoma T. D. A. Cockerell, 1915
SpeciesGeron priapeus Bezzi, 1920
SpeciesGeron psammobates Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron ritae Zaitzev, 1996
SpeciesGeron roborovskii Zaitzev, 1996
SpeciesGeron robustus Cresson, 1919  ⇒ Geron (Geron) validus
SpeciesGeron rufipes Macquart, 1846
Watermelon
SpeciesGeron saccharus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron salmonus Scarbrough & Davidson, 1985
SpeciesGeron samarus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron saxosus Tabet, 2001
SpeciesGeron semifucus Seguy, 1933
SpeciesGeron semifuscus Seguy, 1933
SpeciesGeron senilis Fabricius, 1794
SpeciesGeron seychellarum Greathead, 1983
SpeciesGeron sigma Coquillett, 1902  ⇒ Apolysis sigma
SpeciesGeron simplicipennis Greathead, 1967
SpeciesGeron sinensis Yang & Yang, 1992
SpeciesGeron smirnovi Zaitzev, 1978
SpeciesGeron snowi Painter, 1932
SpeciesGeron stenos Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron subauratus Loew, 1863
Copper mallow, Orange globemallow, Red falsemallow
SpeciesGeron subflavofemoratus Andreu Rubio, 1959
SpeciesGeron syriacus Zaitzev, 2002
SpeciesGeron transvaalensis Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron trochilides Williston, 1901  ⇒ Apolysis trochilides
SpeciesGeron trochilus Coquillett, 1894  ⇒ Apolysis trochila
SpeciesGeron turneri Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron umbripennis Bezzi, 1924
SpeciesGeron varicapillis Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron versicolor Painter, 1932  ⇒ Geron holosericeus
SpeciesGeron viaticus Bowden, 1974
SpeciesGeron victolgae Zaitzev, 2004
SpeciesGeron waltoni Hesse, 1938
SpeciesGeron weemsi Hall & Evenhuis, 2003
SpeciesGeron winburni Painter, 1932

Synonyms
Amictogeron (Hesse, 1938)
Empidigeron (Painter, 1932)
Geron (Empidigeron) (Painter, 1932)
Geron (Plichtamyia) (Evenhuis, 1979)
Plichtamyia (Evenhuis, 1979)
Pseudempis (Bezzi, 1921)
Pseudoammictus (Bigot, 1892)


Distribution of Geron Meigen, 1820
Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds


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