Bombylius

Belongs within: Bombyliinae.

Bombylius is a genus of long-proboscid bee flies that, as larvae, are parasites of solitary bees. Adults are mostly active in spring and early summer (Kits et al. 2008). Wings are often extensively darkened or marked with dark spots.

Characters (from Kits et al. 2008): Medium sized (5-13 mm) flies with short antennae and very long proboscis. Crossvein r-m situated beyond basal quarter of cell dm, vein M₂ present and complete, cell br longer than cell bm, cell r5 closed before wing margin.

<==Bombylius Linnaeus 1758L58
    |--B. albicans Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. ambustusK01
    |--B. analis Fabr. 1794 [incl. B. discoideus, B. suffusa, B. thoracicus]R01
    |--B. argyropyga Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. atricepsKME08
    |--‘Triplasius’ bivittatus Loew 1855R01
    |--B. comancheKME08
    |--B. cruciatusR26
    |--B. discolorG20
    |--B. flavipilosusE66
    |--B. fraudulentusKME08
    |--B. fulvibasoidesKME08
    |--B. fulvonotatus Wiedem. 1818R01
    |--B. fuscusR26
    |--B. incanusKME08
    |--B. ioE66
    |--B. lateralis Fabr. 1805R01
    |--B. leucopyga Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. maculipennis Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. major Linnaeus 1758L58
    |--B. medius Linnaeus 1758L58
    |--B. mexicanusKME08
    |--B. minor Linnaeus 1758L58
    |--B. numida Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. ornatus Wiedem. 1828R01
    |--B. (Triplasius) polius Zaitzev 2004F05
    |--B. pulchellusKME08
    |--B. punctatusB35
    |--B. pygmaeusKME08
    |--B. singularis Macquart 1847E12
    |--B. validusKME08
    `--B. variusKME08

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[F05] Fernández, J. 2005. Noticia de nuevos táxones para la ciencia en el ámbito Íbero-Balear y Macaronésico. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (IX). Graellsia 61 (2): 261–282.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[K01] Kertész, K. 1901. Legyek [Dipteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 179–201. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[KME08] Kits, J. H., S. A. Marshall & N. L. Evenhuis. 2008. The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a key to the species of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 6: 1–52.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[R01] Ricardo, G. 1901. Notes on Diptera from South Africa (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 89–110.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.