Ins is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with 10 described species, distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropics. These species were formerly placed in the genus Hemipenthes, but recognized as a separate lineage in 2020.
Species
- Ins celeris <small>(Wiedemann, 1828)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
- Ins constituta <small>Walker, 1852</small> - Neotropical: South America.
- Ins curta <small>(Loew, 1869)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Mexico (Oaxaca, Yucatán).
- Ins ignea <small>(Macquart, 1846)</small> - Neotropical: Colombia, Guyana, Panama.
- Ins leucocephala <small>(Wulp, 1882)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina.
- Ins martinorum <small>(Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Michoácan de Ocampo)
- Ins minas <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small> - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais).
- Ins pectorcolumbo <small>Evenhuis, 2020</small> - Neotropical: El Salvador.
- Ins pleuralis <small>(Williston, 1901)</small> - Nearctic: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla). Neotropical: Mexico (Chiapas).
- Ins zanouts <small>Evenhuis, 2020</small> - Neotropical: Costa Rica, Panama.
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