''Ins'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
belonging to the family
Bombyliidae
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
Overview
The Bombyliidae are a large family of ...
(bee-flies), with 10 described species, distributed throughout the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
and
Neotropic
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bi ...
s. These species were formerly placed in the genus ''
Hemipenthes'', but recognized as a separate lineage in 2020.
[Evenhuis, N.L. (2020) A new genus for Painter & Painter's ''Villa'' "celer"-group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4748(2): 296-314]
Species
*''
Ins celeris INS or Ins or ''variant'', may refer to:
Places
* Ins, Switzerland, a municipality
* Creech Air Force Base (IATA airport code INS)
* Indonesia, ITF and UNDP code INS
Biology
*''Ins'', a New World genus of bee flies
* INS, the gene for the insuli ...
''
(Wiedemann Wiedemann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
* Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
*Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), Ger ...
, 1828) - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
*''
Ins constituta''
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1852 - Neotropical: South America.
*''
Ins curta''
( Loew, 1869) - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Mexico (Oaxaca, Yucatán).
*''
Ins ignea''
(Macquart, 1846) - Neotropical: Colombia, Guyana, Panama.
*''
Ins leucocephala''
(Wulp, 1882) - Neotropical: Argentina.
*''
Ins martinorum''
(Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962) - Nearctic: Mexico (Michoácan de Ocampo)
*''
Ins minas''
( Macquart, 1850) - Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais).
*''
Ins pectorcolumbo''
Evenhuis, 2020 - Neotropical: El Salvador.
*''
Ins pleuralis''
(Williston, 1901) - Nearctic: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla). Neotropical: Mexico (Chiapas).
*''
Ins zanouts''
Evenhuis, 2020 - Neotropical: Costa Rica, Panama.
References
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Bombyliidae
Bombyliidae genera
Diptera of North America
Hyperparasites