| Hemipenthes | |
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| Hemipenthes maura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Musca morio | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera (Villa) by their wing venation.[1] A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, ins in 2020.[2]
Larvae are hyperparasites on parasitic Hymenoptera.[1]
- ^ a b Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L. (2020) A new genus for Painter & Painter’s Villa “celer”-group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Zootaxa 4748(2): 296-314