Usiinae

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: Usiinae
Tribus: Apolysini - Usiini
Name

Usiinae, Becker
References

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

Usiinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 3 genera and 180 described species in Usiinae.[1][2][3]
Genera

These three genera belong to the subfamily Usiinae:[1]

Apolysis Loew, 1860 i c g b
Parageron Paramonov, 1929 c g
Usia Latreille, 1802 c 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 2018-12-31.
"Usiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
"Usiinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-31.

"GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-31.

Further reading

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 (2): 149–185. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x.
McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.