Ins (fly)

Ins
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Ins
Evenhuis, 2020
Type species
Anthrax ignea
Macquart, 1846

Ins is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with 10 described species, distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropics. These species were formerly placed in the genus Hemipenthes, but recognized as a separate lineage in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ 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