Ecliminae, Hall, 1969

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 : 166

Key to genera of Ecliminae

1 Spine-like bristles present on prothorax; wing with alula developed, scales present on wing membrane ................................................................ Palintonus François

– No spine-like bristles on prothorax; wing with alula reduced, without scales on wing membrane .................................................................................................... 2

2 Occiput greatly swollen; body almost bare ( Fig. 60 ); cuticle punctate, shining; oral rim smooth, shining ........................................................................ Eclimus Loew

– Occiput not or only slightly swollen; body hairy; cuticle smooth, not shining; oral rim tomentose ....................................................................................................... 3

3 Axillary cell broad; hind femora with bristles on underside; aedeagus small conical, enclosed in a sheath ............................................................. Thevenetimyia Bigot

– Axillary cell narrow; hind femora without bristles on underside; aedeagus very long, without a sheath ......................................................... Paratoxophora Engel

Figures

Fig. 60. Eclimus gracilis Loew, female habitus (from Austen 1937).