Glabellula Bezzi, 1902

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L., 2001, Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae), African Invertebrates 42 (1820), pp. 105-224 : 123

Glabellula Bezzi

Platygaster Zetterstedt, 1838: 574 . Type species: Platygaster arcticus Zetterstedt, 1838 , by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Latreille, 1809.]

Sphaerogaster Zetterstedt, 1842: 232 (new replacement name for Platygaster Zetterstedt, 1838 ). Type species: Platygaster arcticus Zetterstedt, 1838 , automatic. [Preoccupied by Sturm, 1826.]

Glabella Loew, 1873: 210 . Type species: Glabella femorata Loew, 1873 , by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Swainson, 1840.]

Glabellula Bezzi, 1902: 191 (new replacement name for ‘ Platygaster . und Sphaerogaster . und Glabella ’). Type species: Platygaster arcticus Zetterstedt, 1838 , by subsequent designation (I.C.Z.N., 1989: 148).

Pachyneres Greene, 1924: 62 . Type species: Pachyneres crassicornis Greene, 1924 , by monotypy.

Proglabellula Hennig, 1966: 15 . Type species: Proglabellula electrica Hennig, 1966 [= Platygaster arcticus Zetterstedt, 1838 ], by monotypy.

Comments: Glabellula is currently undergoing a world revision by NLE. Over 20 new species are being described, which will result in a total of over 40 species worldwide. The genus is virtually cosmopolitan, but localised in its range. It is found in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It has not yet been recorded from the Oriental Region.

Hosts: Immatures of the genus have been recorded from the nests of Formica spp. in Europe ( Andersson 1974) and have been surmised as possibly being predaceous or free living.

Distribution: Egypt: 1 species;? Glabellula femorata (Loew) . Botswana, South Africa, Namibia: 1 species; Glabellula natalensis Hesse.