Heterostylum

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Heterostylum
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Heterostylum

Macquart, 1848
Type species

Macquart, 1848
Synonyms
  • Comastes Osten Sacken, 1877
  • Heterostilum Macquart, 1848 [1]
  • Unduloptomyia Evenhuis, 1978

Heterostylum is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are 14 described species, distributed throughout the Americas. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–15 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera by an indentation in the hind margin of the eye[2] and unique wing venation.[3]

Larvae feed on mining bees.[3]

Species[]

  • (Loew, 1861) - Neotropical: Cuba.[4]
  • Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas)[4]
  • Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming)[4]
  • (Painter & Painter, 1974) - Neotropical: Argentina[4]
  • Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • Cunha & Lamas, 2005 - Neotropical: Brazil: Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo.[2]
  • (Fabricius, 1805) - Neotropical: Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Roraima, São Paulo)[4]
  • Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • (Loew, 1863) - Neotropical: Cuba, Haiti.[4]
  • Hall and Evenhuis, 1981 - Nearctic: Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas).[4]
  • (Thunberg, 1827) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.[4]
  • Cunha & Lamas, 2005 - Nearctic: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo[2]
  • Bigot, 1892 - Neotropical: Haiti.[4]
  • Heterostylum robustum (Osten Sacken, 1877) - Nearctic: Canada [4](Alberta), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Guerrero, Morelos, Nuevo León, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • (Oliver, 1789) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil (Acre), Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (Tabasco), Peru, U.S. Virgin Islands.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. 1999. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c A. M. Cunha; et al. (2007). "Revision of the New World bee fly genus Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae)" (PDF). . 51 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1590/s0085-56262007000100004.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206) - Revised Edition" (PDF). Bishop Museum. September 2003. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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