Biology:Ins (fly)

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Short description: Genus of flies

Ins
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Ins
Evenhuis, 2020
Type species
Anthrax ignea
Macquart, 1846

Ins is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with 10 described species, distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropics. These species were formerly placed in the genus Hemipenthes, but recognized as a separate lineage in 2020.[1]

Species

  • Ins celeris (Wiedemann, 1828) - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  • Ins constituta Walker, 1852 - Neotropical: South America.
  • Ins curta (Loew, 1869) - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Mexico (Oaxaca, Yucatán).
  • Ins ignea (Macquart, 1846) - Neotropical: Colombia, Guyana, Panama.
  • Ins leucocephala (Wulp, 1882) - Neotropical: Argentina.
  • Ins martinorum (Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962) - Nearctic: Mexico (Michoácan de Ocampo)
  • Ins minas (Macquart, 1850) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais).
  • Ins pectorcolumbo Evenhuis, 2020 - Neotropical: El Salvador.
  • Ins pleuralis (Williston, 1901) - Nearctic: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla). Neotropical: Mexico (Chiapas).
  • Ins zanouts Evenhuis, 2020 - Neotropical: Costa Rica, Panama.

References

  1. Evenhuis, N.L. (2020) A new genus for Painter & Painter's Villa "celer"-group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Zootaxa 4748(2): 296-314

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