| Hyperalonia | |
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| Hyperalonia morio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Exoprosopini |
| Genus: | Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Anthrax erythrocephala Fabricius, 1805
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Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.1
Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes.23
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Hyperalonia:4561
- Hyperalonia atra Painter & Painter, 1968
- Hyperalonia chilensis Rondani, 1863
- Hyperalonia coeruleiventris (Macquart, 1846)
- Hyperalonia diminuta Couri & Lamas, 1994
- Hyperalonia erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1805)
- Hyperalonia morio (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hyperalonia surinamensis Rondani, 1863
References
References
- Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
- http://biostor.org/reference/81205 Couri, M.S. and Lamas, C.J.E. 1994. A New Species Of Hyperalonia Rondani, 1863 (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Exoprosopinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107, 119-121.
- "Hyperalonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- "Hyperalonia Rondani, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- Márquez-Acero, Ángela Sabrina; Lambkin, Christine L; Lamas, Carlos José Einicker (2020). "Cladistic analysis of Ligyra sensu lato (Diptera: Bombyliidae), with description of a new genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (3): 928–940. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa065.