Tmemophlebia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Subfamily: | Phthiriinae |
Tribe: | Poecilognathini |
Genus: | Tmemophlebia Evenhuis, 1986 |
Species | |
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Tmemophlebia is a North and South American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] There are about 17 described species in Tmemophlebia. [4]
These 17 species belong to the genus Tmemophlebia: [4]
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae.
Dicranoclista is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, found in North America and Africa. There are four described species in Dicranoclista.
Lordotus is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 30 described species in Lordotus.
Lepidophora is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are eight described species in Lepidophora.
Poecilognathus is a North and South American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 13 described species in Poecilognathus.
Phthiriinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 120 described species in Phthiriinae.
Brachyanax is a genus of bee fly in the subfamily Anthracinae. It was circumscribed by Neal Evenhuis in 1981. Thirteen species are recognized, and they are found in Asia and Australasia.
Pantarbes is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are six described species in Pantarbes.
Lepidanthrax is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 50 described species in Lepidanthrax. The genus is primarily North and Central American, but one species is recorded from the Galapagos Islands and two are recorded from Australia.
Systoechus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 120 described species in Systoechus.
Aldrichia is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. The genus contains two described species.
Tmemophlebia coquilletti is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Ogcodocera is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are two described species in the genus Ogcodocera.
Diochanthrax is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There is one described species in Diochanthrax, D. morulus, found in California.
Geron is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 180 described species in the genus Geron, found on every continent except Antarctica.
Paradiplocampta is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There is one described species in the genus Paradiplocampta, P. tabeti, known from California and Arizona.
Heterotropus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Heterotropinae, which formerly contained at least four genera. There are more than 45 species in the genus Heterotropus.
Crocidiinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 8 genera and 50 described species in Crocidiinae.
Microphorella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is currently considered both paraphyletic and polyphyletic, and several species groups may need to be recognised as subgenera or genera.