. Bee flies of the world: the genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bombyliidae; Parasites. 308 BEE FLIES OF THE WORLD. Text-Figure 44.—Habitus, Lomatia lateralis Meigen. no males. It is probable that these are distinct from their European relati\'es, but a decision must depend upon the comparisoin of male genitalia. The African species of Lomatia Meigen, as Bezzi (1924) notes, are quite dissimilar from the Palaearctic species in a number of ways. Generally speaking, the discal cell in the African species ends acutely; this is almost the rule, but there are a few exceptions such as wniplaga Hesse
. Bee flies of the world: the genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bombyliidae; Parasites. 308 BEE FLIES OF THE WORLD. Text-Figure 44.—Habitus, Lomatia lateralis Meigen. no males. It is probable that these are distinct from their European relati\'es, but a decision must depend upon the comparisoin of male genitalia. The African species of Lomatia Meigen, as Bezzi (1924) notes, are quite dissimilar from the Palaearctic species in a number of ways. Generally speaking, the discal cell in the African species ends acutely; this is almost the rule, but there are a few exceptions such as wniplaga Hesse and pterosticha Hesse; moreover, where the European species are polished black with divided fasciae of pale yellow or at least medially narrowed bands ujjon the tergites, the African species are dull black without yellow bands; the tergites posteriorly have bands of appressed, curled, glittering, often golden hair; in some, the wings are mottled with obscure spots. It should be noted further that while the posterior mar- gin of the eye is typically deeply indented in the middle, I have one South African species with completely hya- line wings and almost no indentation upon the posterior eye margin. Included in Lomatia Meigen, I place Canariellum Strand as a subgenus. Strand, with type of subgenus Anthrax hrimnipennis Macquart (1838) was described from the Canary Islands by Becker (1913a) under the name Canaria Becker. I am unable to pass upon the validity by which Strand changed the name. Frey illustrated this fly by a photograph in one of his papers. It may be recognized by the unusually long, very dark wings, and the antenna; third segment small, base small and bulb- ous, style long and quite slender; first segment strongly rounded. Length: The flies in the genus Lomatia Meigen vary greatly in size. Body length: to mm. Wing- length: to mm. Many of the South African species are rather small, 6 to 7 mm. in length; some species vary much in size;
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