Heterostylum

Heterostylum is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are 14 described species, distributed throughout the Americas. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–15 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera by an indentation in the hind margin of the eye[2] and unique wing venation.[3]

Heterostylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Bombyliidae
Subfamily:
Bombyliinae
Tribe:
Dischistini
Genus:
Heterostylum

Macquart, 1848
Type species
H. flavum
Macquart, 1848
Synonyms
  • Comastes Osten Sacken, 1877
  • Heterostilum Macquart, 1848 [1]
  • Unduloptomyia Evenhuis, 1978

Larvae feed on mining bees.[3]

Species
  • Heterostylum bicolor (Loew, 1861) - Neotropical: Cuba.[4]
  • Heterostylum croceum Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas)[4]
  • Heterostylum deani Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming)[4]
  • Heterostylum duocolor (Painter & Painter, 1974) - Neotropical: Argentina[4]
  • Heterostylum engelhardti Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • Heterostylum evenhuisi Cunha & Lamas, 2005 - Neotropical: Brazil: Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo.[2]
  • Heterostylum ferrugineum (Fabricius, 1805) - Neotropical: Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Roraima, São Paulo)[4]
  • Heterostylum engelhardti Painter, 1930 - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • Heterostylum haemorrhoicum (Loew, 1863) - Neotropical: Cuba, Haiti.[4]
  • Heterostylum helvolum Hall and Evenhuis, 1981 - Nearctic: Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas).[4]
  • Heterostylum hirsutum (Thunberg, 1827) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.[4]
  • Heterostylum maculipennis Cunha & Lamas, 2005 - Nearctic: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo[2]
  • Heterostylum pallipes Bigot, 1892 - Neotropical: Haiti.[4]
  • Heterostylum robustum (Osten Sacken, 1877) - Nearctic: Canada [4](Alberta), Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Guerrero, Morelos, Nuevo León, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah).[4]
  • Heterostylum rufum (Oliver, 1789) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil (Acre), Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico (Tabasco), Peru, U.S. Virgin Islands.[4]

References
  1. "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. 1999. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. A. M. Cunha; et al. (2007). "Revision of the New World bee fly genus Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 51 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1590/s0085-56262007000100004.
  3. Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
  4. "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206) - Revised Edition" (PDF). Bishop Museum. September 2003. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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