Toxophorinae

Toxophorinae
Geron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Toxophorinae

Toxophorinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five living genera and two extinct genera containing more than 400 described species in Toxophorinae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Geron

Genera

These seven genera belong to the subfamily Toxophorinae: ^[1]

• Dolichomyia Wiedemann, 1830 ^{i c g b}
• Geron Meigen, 1820 ^{i c g b}
• Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 ^{i c g b}
• Toxophora Meigen, 1803 ^{i g b}
• Zaclava Hull, 1973 ^{c g}
• † Melanderella Cockerell, 1909 ^g
• † Paradolichomyia Nel & De Ploëg, 2004 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[4] g = GBIF, ^[5] b = Bugguide.net ^[3]

References

1. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Toxophorinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
3. "Toxophorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 31 December 2018.

Further reading

• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6825 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0660121253.
• Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60 (2): 149–185. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x . ISSN   0024-4066.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• Media related to Toxophorinae at Wikimedia Commons