Parageron Paramonov, 1929

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L., 2001, Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae), African Invertebrates 42 (1820), pp. 105-224 : 138-139

Parageron Paramonov

Parageron Paramonov, 1929: 189 . Type species: Parageron orientalis Paramonov, 1929 [= Usia lutescens

Bezzi, 1925], by monotypy. Comments: Parageron spp. are more widespread than Usia spp. and also occur in the Eastern Palaearctic. They are often larger and less uniform in appearance; frequently with greyish yellow to bright yellow bands on the abdomen.

Keys: Engel (1932 –7), Paramonov (1947 1950), and for Egypt, Efflatoun (1945) provided keys to species of Usiini , but species allocations between Usia and Parageron have changed since these keys were written.

Distribution: Palaearctic Region and north-eastern Africa. North Africa, Canary Islands: at least 6 species. Africa South of the Sahara: Eritrea: 1 species; Parageron erythraeus (Greathead) .