''Toxophora'' is a genus of flies belonging to the family

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(bee-flies). There are 47 described species, distributed throughout the world, although they are most abundant in Southwestern United States and western Mediterranean
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(Diptera: Bombyliidae) They are strange, stout, robust flies with a hunchbacked form, with a body length of 6–12 mm and wings 4 to 7.5mm. Most species are black with banding or spots. Larvae feed in the nest of wasps of the genus ''

Odynerus ''Odynerus'' is a primarily Holarctic genus of potter wasps. The name of this genus has been widely used as a root to construct many other genus-level names for potter wasps with non-petiolated metasoma, such as ''Euodynerus'', ''Acarodynerus'', ...

''. Ectoparasitoids in nests of solitary bees & wasp
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The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies

Species

*'' T. aegyptiaca'' Efflatoun, 1945 (Afrotropical: Sudan. Palaearctic: Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia) *'' T. albivittata'' Bowden, 1964 (Afrotropical: Ghana, Ivory Coast) *'' T. albonotata'' Loew in Alayo & Garcia Avila, 1983 *'' T. americana'' Guérin-Méneville, 1835 (Nearctic:) *'' T. amicula'' Séguy, 1930 (Neotropical: Argentina) *'' T. amphitea'' Walker, 1849 (USA (Texas)) *'' T. fucata''

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, 1877 (Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero, Sonora), USA (District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Texas)) *'' T. turkestanica'' var. angusta Paramonov, 1933 (Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) *'' T. aurea'' Macquart, 1848 (Brazil (Paraná) ) *'' T. aurifera'' Rondani, 1848 (Brazil or Uruguay) *'' T. dryitis'' Séguy, 1930 (French Guiana) *'' T. verona'' Curran, 1934 (Neotropical: Brazil (Acre, Paraná, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana) *'' T. australis'' Hesse, 1938 (Afrotropical: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape)) *'' T. bezzii'' Paramonov, 1933 (Palaearctic: Egypt, Israel) *'' T. carcelii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1830 (Afrotropical: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal) *'' T. coeruleiventris'' Karsch, 1887 (Afrotropical: Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Province), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) *'' T. compta'' Roberts, 1929 (Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (Queensland)) *'' T. crocisops'' Hesse, 1938 (Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa (Western Cape)) *'' T. cupreus'' (

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, 1787) (Nearctic: Mexico (Morelos, Nayarit). Neotropical: Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará), Colombia, French Guiana, Panama, Suriname) *'' T. deserta'' Paramonov, 1933 (Turkmenistan) *'' T. tadzhikorum'' Paramonov, 1933 (Palaearctic: Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) *'' T. diploptera'' Speiser, 1910 (Tanzania) *'' T. cyanolepida'' Hesse, 1938 (Afrotropical: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Province, Western Cape), Tanzania, Zimbabwe) *'' T. emeljanovi'' Zaitzev, 1980 (Palaearctic: Mongolia) *'' T. epargyra'' Hermann, 1907 (Afrotropical: Sudan. Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Gruzia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) *'' T. epargyroides'' Hesse, 1938 (Afrotropical: ?Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) *'' T. fasciculatus'' (Villers, 1789) (Afrotropical: Sudan. Palaearctic: Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Greece (incl. Zakynthos), Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy (incl. Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Romania, Russia (SET), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) *'' T. fusca'' Gray in Griffiths & Pidgeon, 1832 (Patria Ignota) *'' T. fuscipennis'' ( Macquart, 1840) (Palaearctic: Algeria, France) *'' T. gittinsi'' Tabet, 2001 (Nearctic: USA (Idaho)) *'' T. iavana''

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, 1821 (Oriental: China (Fujian), India (Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Hong Kong, Indonesia (Java, Nusa Tenggara), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular), Philippines. Palaearctic: China) *'' T. lebedevi'' Paramonov, 1925 (Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) *'' T. lepidocera'' (d’Andretta & Carrera, 1950) (Neotropical: Brazil (Pará, São Paulo)) *'' T. leucon'' Séguy, 1930 (Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) *'' T. leucopyga''

, 1828 (Nearctic: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina)) *'' T. leyladea'' Efflatoun, 1945 (Afrotropical: Sudan. Palaearctic: Egypt) *'' T. maculipennis'' Karsch, 1886 (Afrotropical: Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal) *'' T. maxima''

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, 1886 (Nearctic: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur Tiburon I), USA (Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)) *'' T. obliquisquamosa'' Hesse, 1938 (Afrotropical: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape)) *'' T. pallida'' d’Andretta & Carrera, 1950 (Neotropical: Brazil (Ceará)) *'' T. pellucida''

, 1886 (Nearctic: Canada (Alberta), Mexico (Baja California Sur), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington)) *'' T. psammophila'' Paramonov, 1933 (Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruzia, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.punctipennis) *'' T. punctipennis''

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, 1921 (Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Zimbabwe) *'' T. quadricellulata'' Hesse, 1963 (Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape)) *'' T. seyrigi'' Séguy, 1934 (Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Gruzia) *'' T. travassosi'' (d’Andretta & Carrera, 1950) (Neotropical: Brazil (São Paulo)) *'' T. tristis'' ( Séguy, 1930) (Neotropical: Cuba) *'' T. trivittata''

, 1908 (Afrotropical: Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria) *'' T. turkestanica'' Paramonov, 1933 (Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) *'' T. varipennis'' Williston, 1901 (Nearctic: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Veracruz-Llave).Neotropical: Guatemala) *'' T. vasta''

, 1891 (Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada)) *'' T. virgata''

, 1877 (Nearctic: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)) *'' T. vitripennis''

, 1924 (Afrotropical: Uganda) *'' T. zikani'' (d’Andretta & Carrera, 1950) (Neotropical: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro))

References

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