Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Pilosia Hull, 1973 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Western Australia

Xuankun Li; David K. Yeates

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.5

Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Pilosia Hull, 1973 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Western Australia

Xuankun Li, David K. Yeates^*

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A restricted Western Australia bee fly genus Pilosia Hull (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) is reviewed with the description of two new species, Pilosia incana Bowden & Li sp. nov. and Pilosia flava Li & Yeates sp. nov., and the type species, Pilosia flavopilosa Hull, 1973 is identified as a new junior synonym of Pilosia immutatus (Walker, 1849). This genus can easily be distinguished from other Australian genera in the subfamily by having a three-segmented antennal flagellum, a closed cell cup and a haired mediotergite. A recent morphological phylogeny of Australian Bombyliinae suggested Pilosia is sister to all the remaining Bombyliinae genera (Li & Yeates, 2018). A key to all three known species of Pilosia is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-312
Number of pages	14
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4438
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.5
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2018

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