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- Madagascar is home to a variety of unique endemic species, particularly bee flies from the family Bombyliidae, with only eight genera and 17 known species currently documented.
- A new species, Thevenetimyia spinosavus, has been discovered, marking the first record of its genus in Madagascar and the second in the Afrotropical Region.
- The research includes a revised checklist of recorded Bombyliidae in Madagascar, suggesting that many more bee fly species may still remain undiscovered due to a lack of comprehensive sampling.
Article Abstract
Madagascar is an island known for its richness of endemic species, including flies. Only eight genera of bee flies (Bombyliidae), including 17 described species (the majority of which are in the subfamily Anthracinae), are known from Madagascar. Here we describe a new species of Bombyliidae from Madagascar, Thevenetimyia spinosavus Maass & Bertone sp. nov. This fly represents the first record of the genus Thevenetimyia from Madagascar and the second species recorded in the Afrotropical Region. A revised checklist of Bombyliidae in Madagascar is provided, along with an appendix of associated literature. The known bee fly species likely represent only a fraction of the true diversity on the island, which has been relatively well sampled through extensive Malaise trapping of flies in Madagascar over the past decade.
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