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The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
CJAI 06 March 06, 2008
doi: 10.3752/cjai.2008.06

Joel H. Kits* , Stephen A. Marshall* , and Neal L. Evenhuis**

* Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone
Rd. E., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada jkits@uoguelph.ca, samarsha@uoguelph.ca

** Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, USA neale@bishopmuseum.org

Checklist of species included in the key (all species known to occur, or likely to occur, in eastern Canada)

‡ - New Canadian record
† - New Ontario record
* - Species not yet recorded in Ontario

Species listed without comment here were recorded from Ontario by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999), including the updates of Evenhuis and Greathead (2003).

Usiinae:
Apolysis Loew‡
A. sigma (Coquillett)‡ – Genus and species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada

Phthiriinae:
Poecilognathus Jaennicke
P. sulphureus (Loew)

Tmemophlebia Evenhuis
T. coquilletti (Johnson)
T. vockerothi Hall and Evenhuis – Recently described (2004), type locality is Sandbanks P.P.

Toxophorinae:
Geron Meigen – Genus first recorded for Ontario by Skevington et al. (2000)
     G. (Geron) vitripennis Loew – First recorded for Ontario and Canada by Skevington et al. (2000)
     G. (Geron) prosopidis Hall and Evenhuis† – Species first recorded here for Ontario
     G. (Empidigeron) calvus Loew – Species first recorded for Ontario and Canada by Skevington et al. (2000)

Systropus Wiedemann
S. macer Loew – Genus and species recorded for Ontario by Painter and Painter (1963); not recorded in catalog

Toxophora Meigen†
T. amphitea Walker‡ - Genus and species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada

Bombyliinae:
Anastoechus Osten Sacken†
A. barbatus Osten Sacken† - Genus and species first recorded here for Ontario

Bombylius Linnaeus
     B. atriceps Loew
     B. comanche Painter‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     B. fraudulentus Johnson‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     B. fulvibasoides Painter*
     B. incanus Johnson*
     B. major Linnaeus
     B. mexicanus Wiedemann‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     B. pulchellus Loew
     B. pygmaeus Fabricius
     B. validus Loew*
     B. varius Fabricius*

Systoechus Loew
S. candidulus Loew‡ – Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
S. vulgaris Loew – Genus and species first recorded for Ontario and Canada by Skevington et al. (2000)

Aldrichia Coquillett‡
A. ehrmanii Coquillett‡ – Genus and species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada

Sparnopolius Loew
S. confusus (Wiedemann)

Ecliminae:
Lepidophora Westwood
L. lutea Painter

Thevenetimyia Bigot
T. funesta (Osten Sacken)
T. harrisi (Osten Sacken) – Species recorded for Ontario by Hall (1969); record not included in catalog

Lomatiinae:
Ogcodocera Macquart*
O. leucoprocta (Wiedemann)*

Tomomyzinae:
Metacosmus Coquillett – Genus first recorded for Ontario and Canada by Skevington et al. (2000).
M. mancipennis Coquillett‡ – Species first certainly recorded here for Ontario and Canada. Previously unrecorded sexual dimorphism precluded certain identification by Skevington et al. (2000).

Anthracinae:
Anthrax Scopoli
     A. albofasciatus Macquart
     A. argyropygus Wiedemann
     A. georgicus Macquart
     A. irroratus Say
     A. pauper (Loew)
     A. picea Marston
     A. pluto Wiedemann‡ – Unconfirmed literature record from Algoma Dist. (Williamson 1907) may refer to A. stellans
     A. stellans (Loew)

Xenox Evenhuis
X. tigrinus (De Geer)

Exoprosopa Macquart
     E. decora Loew
     E. dorcadion Osten Sacken
     E. fasciata Macquart‡ – Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     E. fascipennis (Say)

Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken
     C. cypris (Meigen)*
     C. dispar (Coquillett)
     C. edititius (Say)*

Dipalta Osten Sacken
D. banksi Johnson – Genus and species first recorded for Ontario and Canada by Marshall (1998)

Hemipenthes Loew
     H. sp. cf. catulina (Coquillett)‡ - H. catulina is not previously recorded from Ontario or Canada
     H. morio (Linnaeus)† - Species first recorded here for Ontario
     H. sinuosa (Wiedemann)‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     H. webberi (Johnson)

Paravilla Painter - Genus first recorded for Ontario by Skevington et al. (2000)
P. separata (Walker)† - Species first recorded here for Ontario

Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken
     P. alycon (Say)
     P. bicellata (Macquart)‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     P. nigripennis (Cole)*
     P. tegminipennis (Say)

Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken‡
T. fenestratoides (Coquillett)‡ - Genus and species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada

Villa Lioy
     V. alternata (Say) – Species first recorded for Ontario and Canada by Skevington et al. (2000)
     V. arenicola (Johnson)‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. atra Painter
     V. fulviana (Say)
     V. fumicosta Painter‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. gracilis (Macquart)*
     V. handfordi Curran† - Species first recorded here for Ontario
     V. hypomelas (Macquart)
     V. johnsoni Painter*
     V. lateralis (Say)
     V. nigra Cresson‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. nigricauda (Loew)‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. nigropecta Cresson‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. cf. pretiosa (Coquillett)‡ - Species first recorded here for Ontario and Canada
     V. shawii (Johnson)*
     V. vestita (Walker)*