Mariobezziinae

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 : 167

Mariobezziinae Becker

Type genus: Mariobezzia Becker, 1913 .

Bowden (1975 a), recognising that the genera belonging to the Corsomyza group of Hesse (1938) have a deeply concave occiput and so could not be retained in the Bombyliinae , transferred them to the Cythereinae as the tribe Corsomyzini . Yeates (1994) raised the tribe to subfamily status as the Mariobezziinae , noting the priority of Becker (1913) for the latter name.

All members of the subfamily are robust, compact flies, often bee-like in appearance, usually encountered resting in flowers, particularly daisy-like flowers of certain Asteraceae .Individuals tend to become covered in pollen grains which become entangled in the hair.