Parisus Walker, 1852
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Parisus Walker View in CoL View at ENA
Parisus Walker, 1852: 196 View in CoL . Type species: Parisus paterculus Walker, 1852 View in CoL , by monotypy.
Comments: The genus Parisus Walker was revived by Greathead (1995) for the majority of species in the Bombylius mundus group of Bezzi, Group 2 of Hesse (1938 1961). It is predominantly a southern African genus of species with pale bristles on the legs and mainly pale vestiture.
Key: Afrotropical, Bezzi (1924 as Bombylius mundus group); Southern Africa, Hesse (1938 as Bombylius Group 2).
Distribution: Africa and south-western Asia. Africa South of the Sahara: 45 species confined to southern Africa: Eastern Africa: 2 species; Parisus luteipennis (Bezzi) and P. pangoniiformis Greathead.
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Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L. 2001 |
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WALKER, F. 1852: 196 |