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]
| Atrichochira | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Exoprosopini |
| Genus: | Atrichochira Hesse, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Exoprosopa pediformis Bezzi, 1921
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Species
edit- Atrichochira commoni Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Atrichochira inermis (Bezzi, 1912)
- Atrichochira paramonovi Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
- Atrichochira pediformis (Bezzi, 1921)
References
edit- ^ 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.
