Ins

Ins is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with 10 described species, distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropics. These species were formerly placed in the genus Hemipenthes, but recognized as a separate lineage in 2020.^[1]

Species

• Ins celeris (Wiedemann, 1828) - Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
• Ins constituta Walker, 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.

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