Exoprosopa

Exoprosopa

Exoprosopa italica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Asiloidea
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Exoprosopini
Genus:	Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840
Type species
Bibio capucina Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms
Litorhynchus Macquart, 1840 Trinaria Mulsant, 1852 Argyrospila Rondani, 1856 Defilippia Lioy, 1864 Litorrhynchus Verrall in Scudder, 1882 Exoptata Coquillett, 1887 Cladodisca Bezzi, 1922 Litomyza Hull, 1973^[1]

Exoprosopa is a worldwide genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). ^[2]

Description

They are mostly large flies, of about 14mm, sometimes larger, up to 22mm, though a few species are as small as 6mm. This genus contains the largest bee flies. The head is large and only loosely attached to the thorax. the antenna are small and well separated and they have large wings, up to 64 mm in expanse on the very largest species. Many species are sexually dimorphic.^[2]

Distribution

Species are found worldwide, however Southern Africa is especially species rich with over 135 species. ^[2]

Species

E. actites Painter, 1969
E. agassizii Loew, 1869
E. albicollaris Painter, 1962
E. albifrons Curran, 1930
E. anomala Painter, 1934
E. arenicola Johnson and Johnson, 1959
E. argentifasciata Macquart, 1846
E. atripes Cole, 1923
E. aztec Painter, 1969
E. bellula Painter, 1969
E. bifurca Loew, 1869
E. bowdeni Sanchez-Terrón, 1990
E. brevirostris Williston, 1901
E. brevistylata Williston, 1901
E. butleri Johnson and Johnson, 1959
E. californiae (Walker, 1852)
E. caliptera (Say, 1823)
E. callima Painter, 1969
E. capucina (Fabricius, 1781)
E. celer Cole, 1916
E. clarki Curran, 1930
E. cleomene Egger, 1859
E. cracens Painter, 1969
E. cubana Loew, 1869
E. decora Loew, 1869
E. dispar Loew, 1869
E. divisa (Coquillett, 1887)
E. dodrans Osten Sacken, 1877
E. dodrina Curran, 1930
E. dorcadion Osten Sacken, 1877
E. doris Osten Sacken, 1877
E. eremita Osten Sacken, 1877
E. fasciata Macquart, 1840
E. fasciolata Painter, 1969
E. fascipennis (Say, 1824)
E. filia Osten Sacken, 1886
E. fuligosa Painter, 1969
E. fumosa Cresson, 1919
E. grandis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820
E. hulli Painter, 1930
E. hyalipennis Cole, 1923
E. ingens Cresson, 1919
E. iota Osten Sacken, 1886
E. italica (Rossi, 1794)
E. jacchus (Fabricius, 1805)
E. jonesi Cresson, 1919
E. junta Curran, 1930
E. leon Painter, 1969
E. lepida Painter, 1969
E. lutzi Curran, 1930
E. megaera (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820)
E. meigenii (Wiedemann, 1828)
E. melaena Loew, 1874
E. minois Loew, 1869
E. minos (Meigen, 1804)
E. minuscula Painter, 1969
E. munda Loew, 1869
E. mus Curran, 1930
E. noctula (Wiedemann, 1830)
E. onusta (Walker, 1852)
E. painterorum Johnson and Johnson, 1960
E. pallasii (Wiedemann, 1818)
E. pandora (Fabricius, 1805)
E. pardus Osten Sacken, 1886
E. pavida Williston, 1901
E. pectoralis Loew, 1874
E. pleskei Paramonov, 1928
E. pueblensis Jaennicke, 1867
E. rhea Osten Sacken, 1886
E. rivularis (Meigen, 1820)
E. rostrifera Jaennicke, 1867
E. rufa Painter, 1962
E. rutilla (Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818)
E. sackeni Williston, 1901
E. sharonae Johnson and Johnson, 1959
E. sima Osten Sacken, 1877
E. socia Osten Sacken, 1886
E. sordida Loew, 1869
E. texana Curran, 1930
E. tiburonensis Cole, 1923
E. titubans Osten Sacken, 1877
E. utahensis Johnson and Johnson, 1959
E. xanthina Painter, 1934

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References

↑ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bishop Museum. 2003. pp. 291–535. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.