Gonarthrus Bezzi
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F3087A6-FFB4-FF84-7652-FE4CFBDCAB91 |
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Felipe |
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Gonarthrus Bezzi |
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Gonarthrus Bezzi, 1921 a: 88 [1923: 324; 1924: 109]. Type species: Dischistus cylindricus Bezzi, 1906 , by original designation.
Comments: Gonarthrus spp. are narrow-bodied flies with long, white to yellowish hair, and are very uniform in appearance, recalling Geron spp. with which they have been confused on occasion, notably by Efflatoun (1945) who described Gonarthrus longibarbus as a species of Geron .
Keys: Afrotropical, Bezzi (1924); southern Africa, Hesse (1938).
Distribution: Afrotropical Region, North Africa and Arabia. North Africa: 1 species; Gonarthrus longibarbus (Efflatoun) . Africa South of the Sahara: 31 species.
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