Biology:Toxophorinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Toxophorinae
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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 about 7 genera and 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

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. 
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q21226124 entry