Aphoebantini Explained

Aphoebantini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 5 genera and at least 80 described species in Aphoebantini.

Genera

• Aphoebantus Loew, 1872

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• Cononedys Hermann, 1907
• Epacmus Osten-Sacken, 1887

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• Eucessia Coquillett, 1886

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• ExepacmusCoquillett, 1894

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• Pteraulacodes Hesse, 1956
• Pteraulax Bezzi, 1921

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies. 1997. Yeates . David K.. Greathead . David. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60. 2. 149–185. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.