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Atrichochira

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Atrichochira

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Atrichochira is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are four described species, two from Southern Africa and two from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of , are yellowish brown with a black mesonotum and the stylate part of the third antennal is thickened.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyBombyliidae
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Family
Bombyliidae
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Recorded in
Mozambique

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Parent taxon
Bombyliidae
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taxon name
Atrichochira
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Atrichochira is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are four described species, two from Southern Africa and two from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of , are yellowish brown with a black mesonotum and the stylate part of the third antennal is thickened.

==Species== Atrichochira commoni Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 Atrichochira inermis (Bezzi, 1912) Atrichochira paramonovi Lambkin & Yeates, 2003 Atrichochira pediformis (Bezzi, 1921)

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