Cythereinae

Cythereinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Cythereinae

Cythereinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 19 genera and 150 species in Cythereinae.

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the subfamily Cythereinae:

• Amictus Wiedemann, 1817 ^{c g}
• Callostoma Macquart, 1840 ^{c g}
• Chalcochiton Loew, 1844 ^{c g}
• Cyllenia Latreille, 1802 ^{c g}
• Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 ^{c g}
• Enica Macquart, 1834 ^{c g}
• Gyrocraspedum Becker, 1912 ^{c g}
• Neosardus Roberts, 1929 ^{c g}
• Nomalonia Rondani, 1863 ^{c g}
• Pantarbes Osten Sacken, 1877 ^{i c g b}
• Sericosoma Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Sericothrix Hall, 1976 ^{c g}
• Sinaia Hermann, 1909 ^{c g}
• Sphenoidoptera Williston, 1901 ^{i c g}
• † Amictites Hennig, 1966 ^g
• † Glaesamictus Hennig, 1966 ^g
• † Palaeoamictus Meunier, 1916 ^g
• † Paleolomatia Nel, 2008 ^g
• † Praecytherea Théobald, 1937 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0660121253.
• Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60 (2): 149–185. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. ISSN 0024-4066.