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

Toxophorinae
Geron
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Toxophorinae

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

1. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Toxophorinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
3. "Toxophorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
5. "GBIF". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

Further reading

• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• 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

• Media related to Toxophorinae at Wikimedia Commons