Biology:Cythereinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Cythereinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Cythereinae

Cythereinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 19 genera and 150 species in Cythereinae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the subfamily Cythereinae:[3]

  • Amictus Wiedemann, 1817 c g
  • Callostoma Macquart, 1840 c g
  • Chalcochiton Loew, 1844 c g
  • Cyllenia Latreille, 1802 c g
  • Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 c g
  • Enica Macquart, 1834 c g
  • Gyrocraspedum Becker, 1912 c g
  • Neosardus Roberts, 1929 c g
  • Nomalonia Rondani, 1863 c g
  • Pantarbes Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b
  • Sericosoma Macquart, 1850 c g
  • Sericothrix Hall, 1976 c g
  • Sinaia Hermann, 1909 c g
  • Sphenoidoptera Williston, 1901 i c g
  • Amictites Hennig, 1966 g
  • Glaesamictus Hennig, 1966 g
  • Palaeoamictus Meunier, 1916 g
  • Paleolomatia Nel, 2008 g
  • Praecytherea Théobald, 1937 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

Further reading

  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. 
  • 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. 

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