Triplasius Loew, 1855

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 : 160

Triplasius Loew

Triplasius Loew, 1855: 7 (as subgenus of Bombylius Linnaeus ). Type species: Bombylius bivittatus Loew,

1855, by monotypy.

Comments: This genus was revived (Greathead 1995) for a group of species sharing an unstable wing venation and a striking colour pattern, placed in his Group 1 Section 1 by Hesse (1938). The interradial vein is complete (three submarginal cells) in the type species, T. bivittatus .

Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 –7), Paramonov (1940 b) in keys to Bombylius spp ; southern Africa. Hesse (1938 as Bombylius Group 1 Section 1).

Distribution: South Africa, North Africa and Europe-Caucasus. North Africa: 2 species; T. boghariensis (Lucas) , T. maculipennis (Macquart) . South Africa: 4 species; Triplasius bivittatus Loew , T. lateralis (Fabricius) , T. namaquensis (Hesse) , T. tinctus (Walker) .