Bombylella, Greathead, 1995

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2019, The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), Zootaxa 4590 (1), pp. 59-94 : 65-66

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66524B29-2832-46FA-9709-A79FD545A997

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/995087D7-E233-FFD5-FF3E-F922EF274D7A

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Plazi

scientific name

Bombylella
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Genus BOMBYLELLA Greathead View in CoL View at ENA

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

Hosts: Scarabaeidae ( Yeates & Greathead 1997) .

Bombylella delicata ( Wiedemann, 1830) View in CoL

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

Bombylius mutilatus Bezzi, 1921: 10 View in CoL .

Bombylius delicatus ssp. truncatus Greathead, 1967: 207 View in CoL .

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) View in CoL

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

Bombylius signifer Walker 1852: 200 View in CoL .

Bombylius ornatus var. pleuralis Bezzi, 1924: 43 View in CoL .

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Loc

Bombylella

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M. 2019
2019
Loc

Bombylella

Greathead, D. J. 1995: 56
1995
Loc

Bombylius delicatus ssp. truncatus

Greathead, D. J. 1967: 207
1967
Loc

Bombylius ornatus var. pleuralis

Bezzi, M. 1924: 43
1924
Loc

Bombylius mutilatus

Bezzi, M. 1921: 10
1921
Loc

Bombylius signifer

Walker, F. 1852: 200
1852
Loc

Bombylius delicatus

Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830: 640
1830
Loc

Bombylius ornatus

Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1828: 345
1828
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