Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875

Yao, Gang, Luo, Jun, Li, Xuankun & Yang, Ding, 2022, First records of the subfamilies Ecliminae and Lomatiinae (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from China with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5094 (3), pp. 396-408 : 402-403

Genus Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875

Thevenemyia Bigot, 1875a: 196 [ 1875b: clxxiv]. Type species: Thevenemyia californica Bigot, 1875 , by monotypy. [Unavailable name; incorrect original spelling.]

Thevenetemyia Bigot, 1875a: 196 [ 1875b: clxxiv] (justified emendation of Thevenemyia [by Bigot, 1892: 339]). Type species: Thevenemyia californica Bigot, 1875 , automatic.

Epibates Osten Sacken, 1877: 268 . Type species: Epibates funestus Osten Sacken, 1877 , by subsequent designation ( Coquillett, 1910: 538).

Thevenetemya, incorrect spelling of Thevenetimyia ( Bigot, 1892: 370) .

Identification key to the Palaearctic species of Thevenetimyia Bigot

1 Flagellum with a circlet of black hairs near apex; wing membrane hyaline................................. T. ziegleri

- Flagellum bare, without hairs near apex; wing membrane with infuscated areas.................................... 2

2 Wing membrane entirely infuscated, including cells m 1, m 2, cup and a 1 ........................................... 3

- Wing membrane infuscated on anterior half, at least large areas of cells m 1, m 2, cup and a 1 hyaline..................... 4

3 Occiput with brownish hairs; wing membrane smoky brown........................................ T. quedenfeldti

- Occiput with reddish yellow hairs and scales (female), or with black hairs (male); wing membrane blackish brown... T. hirta

4 Posterior half of wing membrane hyaline, cell r 2+3 hyaline........................................... ... T. japonica

- Posterior half of wing membrane with infuscated areas, cell r 2+3 infuscated ........................................ 5

5 Wing membrane infuscated along veins with anterior and apical half darker, base of cells r 1 and r 2+3 paler, cells cup and a 1 entirely hyaline............................................................................... T. zerrinae

- Wing membrane infuscated on anterior and basal half, base of cells r 1 and r 2+3 darker, anterior margin and apex of cell cup and apex of cell a 1 brown........................................................ Thevenetimyia cingulata sp. nov.