Eclimini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. This tribe was formerly considered a subfamily of Bombyliidae, but was transferred to the subfamily Bombyliinae as a result of research published in 2019.[1][2][3]

Eclimini
Lepidophora lepidocera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Bombyliinae
Tribe: Eclimini
Hull

Genera edit

These seven genera belong to the tribe Eclimini:[1][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Li, Xuankun; Yeates, David K. (2019). "Phylogeny, classification and biogeography of bombyliine bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12361.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ^ a b "†Alepidophora Cockerell 1909 (bee fly)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

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