Genus BOMBYLELLA Greathead

Bombylella Greathead, 1995: 56 . Type species: Bombylius ornatus Wiedemann, 1828, by original designation.

Hosts: Scarabaeidae (Yeates & Greathead 1997) .

Bombylella delicata (Wiedemann, 1830)

Bombylius delicatus Wiedemann, 1830: 640 . Type locality: South Africa (Western Cape).

Bombylius mutilatus Bezzi, 1921: 10 .

Bombylius delicatus ssp. truncatus Greathead, 1967: 207 .

Distribution: AF: Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Somalia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape), Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: Ghabet Shahba (Al-Baha Gov.), Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al- Mekhwa Gov.) . Asir: Fayfa (Fayfa Gov.), Muhaiel City (Muhaiel Gov.), Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.) . Makkah: Taief escarpment (Taief Gov.).

Dates of collection: May to January.

Bombylella ornata (Wiedemann, 1828)

Bombylius ornatus Wiedemann, 1828: 345 . Type locality: South Africa (Western Cape)].

Bombylius signifer Walker 1852: 200 .

Bombylius ornatus var. pleuralis Bezzi, 1924: 43 .

Distribution: AF: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Western Cape), Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda.

Saudi Arabian localities: Asir: Fayfa (Fayfa Gov.).

Dates of collection: October.

Hosts: Oniticellus formosus (Scarabaeidae) [pupa in dung ball] (Cambefort 1982).