Atrichochira

Atrichochira
Scientific classification
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

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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[Hull-1] 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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