Aphoebantini

Aphoebantini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 5 genera and at least 80 described species in Aphoebantini.[1][2]

Aphoebantus

Aphoebantini
Aphoebantus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Aphoebantini

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Aphoebantini:

• Aphoebantus Loew, 1872 ^{i c g b}
• Desmatoneura ^{i c g}
• Epacmus Osten-Sacken, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Eucessia Coquillett, 1886 ^{i c g b}
• Exepacmus ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Aphoebantini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
2. "Aphoebantini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-23.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-23.

Further reading

• 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.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Aphoebantini at Wikimedia Commons