Usiini Becker

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 : 137-138

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909975
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scientific name	Usiini Becker
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The Usiini are confined to the southern Palaearctic. The species are weak fliers and are usually encountered resting on flowers, chiefly Asteraceae . They show a remarkable convergence with the southern African Mariobezziinae both in appearance and behaviour

(e.g. Johnson & Dafni 1998). Evenhuis (1990 a) redefined the genera and transferred several species from Usia to Parageron .