Antonia Loew, 1856
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909975 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F3087A6-FFCD-FFFD-7643-FF1BFE3FABF3 |
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Felipe |
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Antonia Loew |
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Antonia Loew, 1856: 30 . Type species: Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856 , by monotypy.
Dimorphaphus Walker, 1871 a: 255. Nomen nudum .
Dimorphophora Walker, 1871 b: 272 . Type species: Dimorphophora syrphoides Walker, 1871 [= Antonia suavissima Loew, 1856 ], by monotypy.
Comments: Antonia spp. are elongate flies with a striking pattern of yellow and black cuticle. The sand chamber has been lost, and there is only a single spermatheca.
Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 –7), Paramonov (1931); Afrotropical, Bezzi (1924); southern Africa, Hesse (1956).
Hosts: Species of Antonia have been reared from the nests of a Bembix sp. and a muddaubing wasp ( du Merle 1975).
Distribution: Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. North Africa: 2 species; Antonia bouillonae Séguy ( Morocco, Tunisia), A. suavissima Loew ( Algeria, Egypt). Africa South of the Sahara: 7 species.
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