Geminaria (fly)

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Geminaria
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Geminaria canalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Lordotinae
Genus: Geminaria
Coquillett, 1894
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Geminaria canalis, Arizona

Geminaria is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). [1] [2] [3] [4]

As a result of research published in 2019, this genus was transferred from the subfamily Bombyliinae to Lordotinae. [3]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Geminaria: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geminaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Geminaria genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  3. 1 2 Li, Xuankun; Yeates, David K. (2019). "Phylogeny, classification and biogeography of bombyliine bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12361.
  4. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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