Xerachistus 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 : 160-161

Xerachistus Greathead

Xerachistus Greathead, 1995: 60 . Type species: Bombylius acutus Bezzi, 1924 , by original designation.

Comments: Greathead (1995) showed that certain species of Hesse’s Group 2 have an open or nearly open cell r 5, broad head and relatively narrow body, short vestiture and different male genitalia, warranting their transfer to a new genus.

Key: Southern Africa, Hesse (1938 included in key to Bombylius Group 2).

Distribution: Afrotropical extending to Oman. Africa South of the Sahara: 5 species Xerachistus atronotatus (Hesse) ( Namibia) , X. mundus (Loew) (Northern Cape), X. rhomboidalis (Hesse) ( Namibia) , X. sessilis (Bezzi) (Northern Cape, Namibia), X. acutus (Bezzi) ( Mali to Somalia).