Bombomyia Greathead 1995
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Bombomyia Greathead, 1995:56. Type species: Bombylius discoideus Fabricius, 1794, by original designation.
Comments: The genus Bombomyia was proposed for the Bombylius analis (= discoideus) group of Bezzi (1924), Hesse’s (1938) Group 1 Section 2. They are all large, broad-bodied flies with brightly coloured hair, and bear some resemblance to bees of the genera Bombus and Anthophora.
Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 – 7 in key to Bombylius spp.); Afrotropical, Paramonov (1955 as Bombylius discoideus group); Eritrea /northern Ethiopia, Greathead (1967 in key to Bombylius spp.); southern Africa, Hesse (1938 as Bombylius Group 1, Section 2).
Distribution: Africa, southern Palaearctic, India. North Africa: 2 species; Bombomyia sticticus (Boisduval), B. discoideus (Fabricius) (one of the most widespread Bombyliidae, found from South Africa to Southern Europe and the Caucasus). Africa South of the Sahara: 18 species.
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.7909975 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Greathead
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Bombyliidae
- Genus
- Bombomyia
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- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bombomyia Greathead, 1995 sec. Greathead & Evenhuis, 2001
References
- FABRICIUS, J. C. 1794. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome IV. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft.
- HESSE, A. J. 1938. A revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 34: 1 - 1053.
- ENGEL, E. O. 1932 - 37. Bombyliidae. Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region 4 (3): 1 - 619.