Toxophorinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Bombyliidae
Subfamilia: Toxophorinae
Tribus: Gerontini - Toxophorini
Name

Toxophorinae, Schiner
References

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Toxophorinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Toxophorinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 7 genera and more than 400 described species in Toxophorinae.[1][2][3]
Geron

Genera

These seven genera belong to the subfamily Toxophorinae:[1]

Dolichomyia Wiedemann, 1830 i c g b
Geron Meigen, 1820 i c g b
Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 i c g b
Toxophora Meigen, 1803 i g b
Zaclava Hull, 1973 c g
† Melanderella Cockerell, 1909 g
† Paradolichomyia Nel & De Ploëg, 2004 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References

Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
"Toxophorinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
"Toxophorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

"GBIF". Retrieved 31 December 2018.

Further reading

Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0660121253.
Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60: 149–185. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. ISSN 0024-4066.
Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.