Marleyimyia
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| Marleyimyia | |
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| Female M. xylocopae | |
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| Female M. goliath | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Marleyimyia Hesse, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Marleyimyia natalensis Hesse, 1956 | |
Marleyimyia is a genus of bee fly. It was named by Albert John Hesse in 1956; the name is in honor of Harold Walter Bell-Marley.[1] As of 2015[update] it consists of three species:[2]
- M. goliath (Oldroyd, 1951)[3] — Peninsular Malaysia
- M. natalensis Hesse, 1956[1] — Southern Africa
- M. xylocopae Marshall & Evenhuis, 2015[2] — Southern Africa
