Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Genus Triploechus Edwards

Remarks.

Four species of Triploechus are present in Nearctic region: Triploechus luridus Hall, 1975; Triploechus novus (Williston, 1893); Triploechus sackeni (Bigot, 1892); Triploechus stagei Hall, 1975. Of these Triploechus stagei is endemic to Mexico and Triploechus novus has the widest distribution of this genus, being present in the south of the USA and center of Mexico. Hall and Evenhuis (1981) present a revision and key for species for this genus.