Ecliminae

Eclimini

Eclimini

Subfamily of insects

Eclimini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. This tribe was formerly considered a subfamily of Bombyliidae, but was transferred to the subfamily Bombyliinae as a result of research published in 2019.[1][2][3]

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Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Eclimini:[1][3]

  • Cyrtomyia Bigot, 1892
  • Eclimus Loew, 1844
  • Lepidophora Westwood, 1835
  • Palintonus François, 1964
  • Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875
  • Tillyardomyia Tonnoir, 1927
  • † Alepidophora Cockerell, 1909

References

  1. [1]
    Li, Xuankun; Yeates, David K. (2019). "Phylogeny, classification and biogeography of bombyliine bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12361.
  2. [2]
    Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. [3]
    "†Alepidophora Cockerell 1909 (bee fly)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  • Media related to Ecliminae at Wikimedia Commons


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