Hyperalonia

Hyperalonia
Hyperalonia morio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Exoprosopini
Genus:	Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863
Type species
Anthrax erythrocephala Fabricius, 1805

Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. ^[1]

Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes. ^{[2] [3]}

A male of Hyperalonia morio patrolling a patch of vegetation near the visitor center of Quebrada de las Higueritas in Lujan, San Luis, Argentina

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Hyperalonia: ^{[4] [5] [6] [1]}

• Hyperalonia atra Painter & Painter, 1968
• Hyperalonia chilensis Rondani, 1863
• Hyperalonia coeruleiventris (Macquart, 1846)
• Hyperalonia diminuta Couri & Lamas, 1994
• Hyperalonia erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1805)
• Hyperalonia morio (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hyperalonia surinamensis Rondani, 1863

References

1. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
2. A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
3. http://biostor.org/reference/81205 Couri, M.S. and Lamas, C.J.E. 1994. A New Species Of Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863 (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107, 119-121.
4. "Hyperalonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
5. "Hyperalonia Rondani, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
6. Márquez-Acero, Ángela Sabrina; Lambkin, Christine L; Lamas, Carlos José Einicker (2020). "Cladistic analysis of Ligyra sensu lato (Diptera: Bombyliidae), with description of a new genus" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (3): 928–940. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa065.