Review of the tribe Aphoebantini Becker (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with description of a new species
Author
A, Magdi S.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1630
47
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179379
2ef03314-f7ee-4ea2-9d9f-290b61086904
1175-5326
179379
Genus
Aphoebantus
Loew
Aphoebantus
Loew, 1872
: 77
.
Type
species:
Aphoebantus cervinus
Loew, 1877
.
Triodites
Osten Sacken, 1877
: 245
.
Type
species:
Triodites mus
Osten Sacken, 1877
.
Meganedys
Hull, 1973
: 322 (as subgenus of
Aphoebantus
Loew
).
Type
species:
Aphoebantus petiolata
Hull, 1973
.
Diagnosis:
This genus is characterized by the incomplete interradial crossvein, i.e. with only 2 submarginal cells, and by only two flagellomeres in the antennae; aedeagus conical and gonocoxae evenly tapered from a broad base.