Bee flies of the world: the genera of the family Bombyliidae

Biogeographic analysis of Crocidiinae (Diptera, Bombyliidae): finding congruence among morphological, molecular, fossil and paleogeographical data

“…The two monobasic genera (Semiramis and Timiomyia) from the Palaearctic region were not studied since the original descriptions are vague, and their types were not available for this study. As these two genera seem to be similar to Crocidium, Lamas & Couri (2005) and Hull (1973) suggested that they could be junior synonyms of the latter, which would corroborate the hypothesis of dispersal of the genera northwards. The BPA cladogram (Fig.…”

“…The phylogenetic hypothesis for Crocidiinae (Lamas & Couri 2005) was modified therein to include the two problematic genera: Semiramis and Timiomyia, polytomic to Crocidium, with which they are probably synonymous (Hull 1973;Lamas & Couri 2005).…”

Oldest records of Bombyliidae: Phthiriinae and Mythicomyiidae: Glabellulinae from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Bombylioidea)

“…closure of anal cell, posterior margin of eye, relative lengths of head and antennae, presence of palps, structure of the antennal flagellum, and relative positions of the clypeus and the base of antennae. Nevertheless, its wing venation is very similar to that of Phthiria (see Hull, 1973), especially in the presence of the vein M2. Thus, we prefer to consider it as a Bombyliidae subfamily and genus undetermined, probably related to the Phthiriinae.…”

A study of the genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) in northern Iran, with description of a new species

“…The flies of the family Mythicomyiidae, commonly called microbombyliids, occur all over the world except the Arctic and Antarctic, but are most common in arid and semiarid environments (Hull, 1973). This family contains 6 subfamilies with 30 genera and almost 500 species worldwide (Evenhuis, 2002).…”