Atrichochira

Atrichochira is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are four described species, two from Southern Africa and two from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–13 millimetres (0.4–0.5 in), are yellowish brown with a black mesonotum and the stylate part of the third antennal is thickened.[1]

Atrichochira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Bombyliidae
Subfamily:
Anthracinae
Tribe:
Exoprosopini
Genus:
Atrichochira

Hesse, 1956
Type species
Exoprosopa pediformis
Bezzi, 1921

Species
  • Atrichochira commoni Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
  • Atrichochira inermis (Bezzi, 1912)
  • Atrichochira paramonovi Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
  • Atrichochira pediformis (Bezzi, 1921)

References
  1. 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.
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