Biology:Phthiriinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Phthiriinae
Phthiria vagans Greece3.jpg
Phthiria vagans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Phthiriinae

Phthiriinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 120 described species in Phthiriinae.[1][2][3]

Poecilognathus

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Phthiriinae:[3]

  • Acreophthiria Evenhuis, 1986 i c g b
  • Acreotrichus Macquart, 1850 c g
  • Australiphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 c g
  • Euryphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 i c g
  • Neacreotrichus Cockerell, 1917 i c g b
  • Phthiria Meigen, 1803 i c g
  • Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 1867 i c g b
  • Pygocona Hull, 1973 c g
  • Relictiphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 i c g
  • Tmemophlebia Evenhuis, 1986 i c g b
  • Elektrophthiria Nel, 2006 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21224264 entry