Heterostylum

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
superfamilia = Asiloidea
familia = Bombyliidae
genus = "Heterostylum"
genus_authority = Macquart, 1848

"Heterostylum" is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are 14 described species, distributed throughout the Americas. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10-15 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera by an indentation in the hind margin of the eye.

pecies

*"Heterostylum bicolor"
*"Heterostylum croceum"
*"Heterostylum deani"
*"Heterostylum duocolor"
*"Heterostylum engelhardti"
*"Heterostylum evenhuisi"
*"Heterostylum ferrugineum"
*"Heterostylum haemorrhoicum"
*"Heterostylum helvolum"
*"Heterostylum hirsutum"
*"Heterostylum maculipennis"
*"Heterostylum pallipes"
*"Heterostylum robustum"
*"Heterostylum rufum"

References

*cite journal |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbent/v51n1/04.pdf |title=Revision of the New World bee fly genus "Heterostylum" Macquart (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) |journal=Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |volume=51(1) |year=2007 |author=A. M. Cunha et al. |pages=13-22