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Hemipenthes

Hemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, Ins in 2020.

Larvae are hyperparasites of parasitic Hymenoptera.

Extant species

  • H. albus <small>Ávalos-Hernández, 2009</small> - Nearctic: Mexico
  • H. bigradata <small>(Loew, 1869)</small> - Nearctic: USA (California, New Mexico). Neotropical: Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
  • H. blanchardiana <small>(Jaennicke, 1867)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, México, Puebla, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Texas)
  • H. castanipes <small>Bigot, 1892</small> - Nearctic
  • H. catulina <small>(Coquillett, 1894)</small> - Nearctic: USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
  • H. chimaera <small>(Osten Sacken, 1887)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero, Sonora), USA (Arizona)
  • H. comanche <small>(Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962)</small> - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
  • H. differens <small>(Hall, 1976)</small> - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. discolor <small>(Hall, 1976)</small> - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. ditaenia <small>(Wiedemann, 1828)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
  • H. divisa <small>(Walker)</small> - Neotropical: South America
  • H. edwardsii <small>(Coquillett, 1894)</small> - Nearctic: Canada (British Columbia), USA (California)
  • H. edwarsi <small>(Oldroyd, 1938)</small> - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. epilais <small>(Wiedemann, 1828)</small> - Neotropical: Brazil
  • H. ethiops <small>(Greathead, 1967)</small> - Afrotropical: Ethiopia
  • H. eversmanni <small>Zaitzev and Madra Mandicencio, 1966</small> - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
  • H. exoprosopoides <small>Paramonov, 1928</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Sichuan), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
  • H. extensa <small>Wulp, 1888</small> - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. galapagensis <small>(Painter & Painter, 1974)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. galathea <small>(Osten Sacken, 1886)</small> - Neotropical: Costa Rica
  • H. gaudanica <small>Paramonov, 1927</small> - Palaearctic: China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. gayi <small>(Macquart, 1840)</small> - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. gussakovskyi <small>Zaitzev, 1966</small> - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • H. hamifera <small>(Loew, 1854)</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China (Jiangsu, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang), France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy (incl. Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia (ES, WS), Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
  • H. incisiva <small>(Walker, 1852)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero)
  • H. inops <small>(Coquillett, 1887)</small> - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington)
  • H. jaennickeana <small>(Osten Sacken, 1886)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Morelos, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah)
  • H. jezoensis <small>(Matsumura, 1916)</small> - Oriental: Taiwan. Palaearctic: Japan
  • H. lepidota <small>(Osten Sacken, 1887)</small> - Nearctic: Canada (Alberta), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada)
  • H. maura <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - Palaearctic
  • H. melaleuca <small>(Wiedemann, 1828)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina, Uruguay
  • H. melana <small>Bowden, 1965</small> - Oriental: Nepal
  • H. mesasiatica <small>Zaitzev, 1962</small> - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. micromelas <small>(Bigot, 1892)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. mischanensis <small>Paramonov, 1927</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia
  • H. montanorum <small>(Austen, 1936)</small> - Oriental: China (Yunnan). Palaearctic: China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang)
  • H. morio <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - Oriental, Palaearctic
  • H. nitidofasciata <small>(Portschinsky, 1892)</small> - Palaearctic: Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan
  • H. noscibilis <small>(Austen, 1936)</small> - Palaearctic: China (Xizang)
  • H. nudiuscula <small>(Thomson, 1869)</small> - Neotropical: Panama
  • H. pamirensis <small>Zaitzev, 1962</small> - Palaearctic: Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. panfilovi <small>Zaitzev, 1981</small> - Palaearctic: Russia
  • H. pauper <small>(Becker, 1916)</small> - Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt
  • H. praecisa <small>(Loew, 1869)</small> - Palaearctic: China (Beijing, Hebei, Nei Monggol), Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. pullata <small>(Coquillett, 1894)</small> - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California)
  • H. referens <small>(Walker, 1852)</small> - Oriental: India, Myanmar, Pakistan
  • H. robusta <small>Zaitzev, 1966</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. ruficollis <small>(Bigot, 1892)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina, Venezuela
  • H. scylla <small>(Osten Sacken, 1887)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sonora), USA (Arizona, Texas). Neotropical: Venezuela
  • H. semifucata <small>(Hall, 1976)</small> - Nearctic: USA (Arizona)
  • H. seminigra <small>Loew, 1869</small> - Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington). Neotropical: Puerto Rico (incl. H. eumenes)
  • H. sinuosa <small>(Wiedemann, 1821)</small> - Nearctic: USA
  • H. splendida <small>Zaitzev, 1962</small> - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • H. subarcuata <small>Loew, 1871</small> - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Tunisia
  • H. subvelutina <small>Loew, 1871</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Shandong), Gruzia, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. tarapacensis <small>(Hall, 1976)</small> - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. tenuirostris <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small> - Neotropical: Chile, Peru
  • H. translucens <small>Ávalos-Hernández, 2009</small> - Nearctic: Mexico
  • H. tushetica <small>Zaitzev, 1966</small> - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Nei Monggol, Qinghai, Xinjiang), Gruzia, Iran
  • H. velutina <small>(Meigen, 1820)</small> - Oriental (Pakistan), Palaearctic
  • H. villeneuvi <small>François, 1970</small> - Palaearctic: France, Greece, Italy
  • H. vockerothi <small>François, 1969</small> - Palaearctic: Spain
  • H. webberi <small>(Johnson, 1919)</small> - Nearctic: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Vermont, Wyoming)
  • H. wilcoxi <small>(Painter, 1933)</small> - Nearctic: USA (California, Washington)
  • H. yaqui <small>(Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona)

Extinct species

  • H. gabbroensis <small>(Handlirsch, 1907)</small> - (Miocene) Italy
  • H. provincialis <small>(Handlirsch, 1907)</small> - (Oligocene) France
  • H. tertiaria <small>(Handlirsch, 1907)</small> - (Oligocene) Germany

References