Paratoxophora Engel, 1936

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

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scientific name	Paratoxophora Engel
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Paratoxophora Engel, 1936: 39 . Type species: Paratoxophora cuthbertsoni Engel, 1936 , by monotypy.

Comments: This monotypic genus superficially resembles Gonarthrus and consequently had been included in the Bombyliinae , notably by Hesse (1938). However, it differs most conspicuously in the large size, and structure of the male genitalia, and in the dark bluish-black cuticle and sparse vestiture.

Distribution: Monotypic. Southern and Eastern Africa: Paratoxophora cuthbertsoni Engel.