Hyperalonia
Hyperalonia morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Exoprosopini
Genus: Hyperalonia
Rondani, 1863
Type species
Anthrax erythrocephala
Fabricius, 1805

Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.[1]

Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes.[2][3]

A male of Hyperalonia morio patrolling a patch of vegetation near the visitor center of Quebrada de las Higueritas in Lujan, San Luis, Argentina

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Hyperalonia:[4][5][6][1]

  • Hyperalonia atra Painter & Painter, 1968
  • Hyperalonia chilensis Rondani, 1863
  • Hyperalonia coeruleiventris (Macquart, 1846)
  • Hyperalonia diminuta Couri & Lamas, 1994
  • Hyperalonia erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1805)
  • Hyperalonia morio (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Hyperalonia surinamensis Rondani, 1863

References

  1. 1 2 Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ↑ A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
  3. ↑ http://biostor.org/reference/81205 Couri, M.S. and Lamas, C.J.E. 1994. A New Species Of Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863 (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107, 119-121.
  4. ↑ "Hyperalonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Hyperalonia Rondani, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  6. ↑ Márquez-Acero, Ángela Sabrina; Lambkin, Christine L; Lamas, Carlos José Einicker (2020). "Cladistic analysis of Ligyra sensu lato (Diptera: Bombyliidae), with description of a new genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (3): 928–940. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa065.
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