Bombomyia Greathead, 1995

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 : 154

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909975
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7911041
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scientific name	Bombomyia Greathead
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Bombomyia Greathead View in CoL

Bombomyia Greathead, 1995:56 View in CoL . Type species: Bombylius discoideus Fabricius, 1794 View in CoL , by original designation.

Comments: The genus Bombomyia was proposed for the Bombylius analis (= discoideus ) group of Bezzi (1924), Hesse’s (1938) Group 1 Section 2. They are all large, broad-bodied flies with brightly coloured hair, and bear some resemblance to bees of the genera Bombus and Anthophora .

Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 – 7 in key to Bombylius spp. ); Afrotropical, Paramonov (1955 as Bombylius discoideus group); Eritrea /northern Ethiopia, Greathead (1967 in key to Bombylius spp. ); southern Africa, Hesse (1938 as Bombylius Group 1, Section 2).

Distribution: Africa, southern Palaearctic, India. North Africa: 2 species; Bombomyia sticticus (Boisduval) , B. discoideus (Fabricius) (one of the most widespread Bombyliidae , found from South Africa to Southern Europe and the Caucasus). Africa South of the Sahara: 18 species.