Atrichochira
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| Genus: | Atrichochira Hesse, 1956
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| Exoprosopa pediformis Bezzi, 1921
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Atrichochira is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are four described species, two from Southern Africa and two from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–13 millimetres (0.4–0.5 in), are yellowish brown with a black mesonotum and the stylate part of the third antennal is thickened.[1]
Species
- Atrichochira commoni Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Atrichochira inermis (Bezzi, 1912)
- Atrichochira paramonovi Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Atrichochira pediformis (Bezzi, 1921)
References
- ^ Hull, F. M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
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