Hemipenthes


Hemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae. 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. A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, Ins in 2020.
Larvae are hyperparasites of parasitic Hymenoptera.

Extant species

  • H. albus Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 - Nearctic: Mexico
  • H. bigradata - Nearctic: USA. Neotropical: Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
  • H. blanchardiana - Nearctic: Mexico, USA
  • H. castanipes Bigot, 1892 - Nearctic
  • H. catulina - Nearctic: USA
  • H. chimaera - Nearctic: Mexico, USA
  • H. comanche - Nearctic: USA
  • H. differens - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. discolor - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. ditaenia - Neotropical: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay
  • H. divisa - Neotropical: South America
  • H. edwardsii - Nearctic: Canada, USA
  • H. edwarsi - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. epilais - Neotropical: Brazil
  • H. ethiops - Afrotropical: Ethiopia
  • H. eversmanni Zaitzev and Madra Mandicencio, 1966 - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
  • H. exoprosopoides Paramonov, 1928 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
  • H. extensa Wulp, 1888 - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. galapagensis - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. galathea - Neotropical: Costa Rica
  • H. gaudanica Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: China, Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. gayi - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. gussakovskyi Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • H. hamifera - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
  • H. incisiva - Nearctic: Mexico
  • H. inops - Nearctic: USA
  • H. jaennickeana - Nearctic: Mexico, USA
  • H. jezoensis - Oriental: Taiwan. Palaearctic: Japan
  • H. lepidota - Nearctic: Canada, Mexico, USA
  • H. maura - Palaearctic
  • H. melaleuca - Neotropical: Argentina, Uruguay
  • H. melana Bowden, 1965 - Oriental: Nepal
  • H. mesasiatica Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. micromelas - Neotropical: Argentina
  • H. mischanensis Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: Armenia
  • H. montanorum - Oriental: China. Palaearctic: China
  • H. morio - Oriental, Palaearctic
  • H. nitidofasciata - Palaearctic: Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan
  • H. noscibilis - Palaearctic: China
  • H. nudiuscula - Neotropical: Panama
  • H. pamirensis Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. panfilovi Zaitzev, 1981 - Palaearctic: Russia
  • H. pauper - Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt
  • H. praecisa - Palaearctic: China, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. pullata - Nearctic: USA
  • H. referens - Oriental: India, Myanmar, Pakistan
  • H. robusta Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. ruficollis - Neotropical: Argentina, Venezuela
  • H. scylla - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Venezuela
  • H. semifucata - Nearctic: USA
  • H. seminigra Loew, 1869 - Nearctic: Canada, Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Puerto Rico
  • H. sinuosa - Nearctic: USA
  • H. splendida Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • H. subarcuata Loew, 1871 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Tunisia
  • H. subvelutina Loew, 1871 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Iran, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • H. tarapacensis - Neotropical: Chile
  • H. tenuirostris - Neotropical: Chile, Peru
  • H. translucens Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 - Nearctic: Mexico
  • H. tushetica Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Iran
  • H. velutina - Oriental, Palaearctic
  • H. villeneuvi François, 1970 - Palaearctic: France, Greece, Italy
  • H. vockerothi François, 1969 - Palaearctic: Spain
  • H. webberi - Nearctic: Canada, USA
  • H. wilcoxi - Nearctic: USA
  • H. yaqui - Nearctic: Mexico, USA

Extinct species

  • H. gabbroensis - Italy
  • H. provincialis - France
  • H. tertiaria - Germany