Micomitra (lat.) - genus Diptera from the family buzzed .
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Description
The forehead is covered with shiny scales [1] . The third antennal segment with one flagelomer , on which there is a apical seta [2] . Body and legs in few weak setae. Wings iridescent. The male epiphallus is greatly expanded at the apex. Simple scones . The spermatheca in females is elongated and thin-walled [3] .
Biology
The larvae of Micomitra stupida parasitize ant lions [4] [5] .
Classification
There are 18 species in the world fauna [6] . Similar genera are the African genus Atrichochira and the Australian genus Pseudopenthes . Many species of Micomitra are originally described in the genus Exoprosopa [1] .
- Micomitra aerata (Hesse, 1956)
- Micomitra anthracina Bowden, 1964
- Micomitra bella (Austen, 1937)
- Micomitra chrystallina (Bezzi, 1924)
- Micomitra famula (Bezzi, 1923)
- Micomitra hyalipennis (Paramonov, 1928)
- Micomitra iridipennis (Nurse, 1922)
- Micomitra iris (Loew, 1869)
- Micomitra lapidoti Zaitzev, 1999
- Micomitra lucidipennis Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
- Micomitra opalina (Hesse, 1956)
- Micomitra parvicellula (Bezzi, 1921)
- Micomitra perlucida (Hesse, 1956)
- Micomitra pharao (Paramonov, 1928)
- Micomitra stupida (Rossi, 1790)
- Micomitra vitrea (Bigot, 1892)
- Micomitra vitripennis (Brunetti, 1912)
- Micomitra vlasovi (Paramonov, 1928)
Spread
Representatives of the genus are found in the Afrotropic , Palaearctic, and Oriental regions [6] .
Notes
- 2 1 2 Greathead DJ & Evenhuis NL Annotated Keys to the Genera of the African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae) (Engl.) // African Invertebrates: journal. - 2001. - Vol. 42 - P. 105–224 .
- Ates Yeates, DK (Diptera: Asiloidea) . - 1994. - p. 191. - 161 p. - (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 219).
- ↑ El-Hawagry the MS & Evenhuis the NL of An updated key to the genera of the Egyptian beeflies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) (Eng.) // Egyptian Journal of Biology: journal. - 2008. - Vol. 10 - P. 104-121 . - ISSN 1110-6859 .
- ↑ Levente A. Micomitra stupida (Dpitera, Bombyliidae): a new parasite of the Neuroleon nostras (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) (English) // Dunántúli Dolgozatok Természettudományi Sorozat: journal. - 1998. - Vol. 9 - P. 421-422 .
- ↑ Steffan JR Exoprosopa stupida (Rossi) parasite de formilions dans l'Ancien monde (Diptera, Bombyliidae) (fr.) // Entomologiste: revue scientifique. - 1967. - Vol. 23 , n o 3 . - P. 73-80 .
- ↑ 1 2 Evenhuis, NL & Greathead DJ World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). - 2nd edition. - Leiden: Backhuys Publishers, 2015. - p. 756. - 332-334 p.