Phthiriinae

Phthiriinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 11 genera and more than 120 described species in Phthiriinae.[1][2][3]

Poecilognathus

Phthiriinae
Phthiria vagans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Phthiriinae

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the subfamily Phthiriinae:[3]

• Acreophthiria Evenhuis, 1986 ^{i c g b}
• Acreotrichus Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Australiphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 ^{c g}
• Euryphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 ^{i c g}
• Neacreotrichus Cockerell, 1917 ^{i c g b}
• Phthiria Meigen, 1803 ^{i c g}
• Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 1867 ^{i c g b}
• Pygocona Hull, 1973 ^{c g}
• Relictiphthiria Evenhuis, 1986 ^{i c g}
• Tmemophlebia Evenhuis, 1986 ^{i c g b}
• † Elektrophthiria Nel, 2006 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Phthiriinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
2. "Phthiriinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
3. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2018-12-31.
4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-31.
5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-31.

Further reading

• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0660121253.
• Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60: 149–185. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. ISSN 0024-4066.

External links

• Media related to Phthiriinae at Wikimedia Commons