Micomitra Bowden, 1964

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 : 205-206

Micomitra Bowden

Micomitra Bowden, 1964: 147 . Type species: Exoprosopa parvicellula Bezzi, 1921 , by original designation.

Comments: As noted above, the male and female genitalia of this genus resemble those of Atrichochira , and the two form a distinct clade along with the Australian genus Pseudopenthes Roberts ( Lambkin 2001) .

Keys: Palaearctic, Engel (1932 –7), Paramonov (1928); Afrotropical, Bezzi (1924); southern Africa, Hesse (1956), all as Exoprosopa .

Hosts: Recorded as parasitic on Myrmeleontidae ( du Merle 1975) . No records from Africa.

Distribution: Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions also India. North Africa: 2 species, M. pharao (Paramonov) ( Egypt) , M. stupida (Rossi) ( Libya to Egypt). Africa South of the Sahara: 7 species. Aldabra: 1 species; Micomitra famula (Bezzi) .