Exoprosopa

Exoprosopa jacchus, photographed by Hectonichus.

Belongs within: Exoprosopini.
Contains: Palirika, Balaana.

Exoprosopa is a genus of beeflies that was identified by Lambkin et al. (2003) as paraphyletic with regard to a number of other genera, though they did not directly report supporting synonymies. Members of this larger group share the possession of a basal antennal stylomere (Lambkin et al. 2003). Species of Exoprosopa proper have antennae with a basal conical flagellomere and an elongated second flagellomere ending in an apical stylus, and pointed pulvilli that resemble teeth at the base of the tarsal claws (Kits et al. 2008).

Exoprosopa Macquart 1840 [incl. Argyrospila] LYG03
    |  i. s.: E. caliptera H81
    |         E. castilla GEEL09
    |         E. decora KME08
    |         E. dorcadion KME08
    |         E. fasciata KME08
    |         E. fascipennis KME08
    |--E. batrachioides LYG03
    `--+--+--E. capucina LYG03
       |  `--+--E. cleomene LYG03
       |     `--+--E. jacchus LYG03
       |        `--*E. pandora (Fabricius 1805) [=Anthrax pandora] LYG03
       `--+--E. sylvana (Fabricius 1775) (see below for synonymy) LYG03
          `--+--E. heros LYG03
             `--+--E. dux LYG03
                `--+--E. rivularis [=Heteralonia rivularis] LYG03
                   `--+--+--+--E. inaequalipes LYG03
                      |  |  `--+--E. punctulata LYG03
                      |  |     `--Litorhina LYG03
                      |  |          |--L. dentifera LYG03
                      |  |          `--+--L. pseudocollaris LYG03
                      |  |             `--+--L. erythraeus LYG03
                      |  |                `--L. macroptera LYG03
                      |  `--+--Hyperalonia morio LYG03
                      |     `--Euligyra Lambkin in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                      |          |  i. s.: E. venus [=Ligyra venus] LYG03
                      |          |--+--E. enderleini [=Ligyra enderleini] LYG03
                      |          |  `--E. mars (Bezzi 1924) [=Hyperalonia mars, Ligyra mars] LYG03
                      |          `--+--E. sisyphus [=Ligyra sisyphus] LYG03
                      |             `--+--E. monacha [=Ligyra monacha] LYG03
                      |                `--E. paris [=Ligyra paris] LYG03
                      `--+--Ligyra LYG03
                         |    |  i. s.: L. doryca LYG03
                         |    |         L. gazophylax GEEL09
                         |    |         L. tantalus LYG03
                         |    |--+--*L. bombyliformis LYG03
                         |    |  `--L. punctipennis LYG03
                         |    `--+--L. satyrus LYG03
                         |       `--L. sinuatifascia LYG03
                         `--+--Wurda Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |    |--+--W. norrisi Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |    |  `--+--W. impatientis Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |    |     `--W. skevingtoni Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |    `--+--+--*W. emu Lambkin & Paramonov in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |       |  `--W. windorah Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |       `--+--W. wyperfeldensis Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |          `--+--W. montebelloensis Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            |             `--W. patrellia Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                            `--+--Kapua Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                               |    |--*K. adelaidica (Macquart 1855) [=Exoprosopa adelaidica] LYG03
                               |    `--+--K. westralica Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                               |       `--+--K. corusca Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                               |          `--K. irwini Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                               `--+--Larrpana Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                  |    |--*L. dimidiatipennis (Bowden 1971) (see below for synonymy) LYG03
                                  |    `--+--L. collessi Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                  |       `--L. zwicki Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                  `--+--Muwarna Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                     |    |--*M. stellifera (Walker 1849) (see below for synonymy) LYG03
                                     |    `--M. vitreilinearis Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                     `--Munjua Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                          |--+--*M. erugata Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                          |  `--+--M. lepidokingi Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                          |     `--M. paralutea Lambkin & Paramonov in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                          `--+--M. trigona Lambkin & Yeates in Lambkin, Yeates & Greathead 2003 LYG03
                                             `--+--Palirika LYG03
                                                `--Balaana LYG03

Exoprosopa sylvana (Fabricius 1775) [=Bibio sylvanus, Anthrax sylvanus, Comptosia sylvana, Exoprosopa sylvanus, Hyperalonia silvanus, Ligyra sylvana, L. sylvanus, Musca sylvanus, Neuria sylvana] LYG03

*Larrpana dimidiatipennis (Bowden 1971) [=Exoprosopa dimidiatipennis, E. dimidiata Roberts 1928 non Macquart 1846] LYG03

*Muwarna stellifera (Walker 1849) [=Anthrax stellifer, Exoprosopa stellifer, Litorhynchus stellifer] LYG03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[GEEL09] Greathead, D. J., N. L. Evenhuis & C. J. Einicker Lamas. 2009. Bombyliidae (bee flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 565–576. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[H81] Hall, J. C. 1981. Bombyliidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 589–602. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[KME08] Kits, J. H., S. A. Marshall & N. L. Evenhuis. 2008. The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a key to the species of eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 6: 1–52.

[LYG03] Lambkin, C. L., D. K. Yeates & D. J. Greathead. 2003. An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 735–891.

Last updated: 7 June 2018.