Lordotinae
Appearance
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Lordotus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Subfamily: | Lordotinae Yeates (1994) |
Lordotinae is a small subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. This subfamily was formerly considered a tribe of Bombyliinae, but was elevated to subfamily as a result of research published in 2019.[1][2]
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Genera
[edit]These three genera belong to the subfamily Lordotinae:
- Geminaria Coquillett, 1894
- Lordotus Loew, 1863
- Othniomyia Hesse, 1938
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
[edit]Media related to Lordotinae at Wikimedia Commons