Hemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera (Villa) by their wing venation. A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, ins in 2020.
Larvae are hyperparasites on parasitic Hymenoptera.
Extant species
H. alba Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 - Nearctic: Mexico
H. bigradata (Loew, 1869) - Nearctic: USA (California, New Mexico). Neotropical: Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico H. blanchardiana (Jaennicke, 1867) - Nearctic: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, México, Puebla, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Texas) H. castanipes Bigot, 1892 - Nearctic H. catulina (Coquillett, 1894) - Nearctic: USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming) H. chimaera (Osten Sacken, 1887) - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero, Sonora), USA (Arizona) H. comanche (Painter in Painter & Painter, 1962) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah) H. differens (Hall, 1976) - Neotropical: Chile H. discolor (Hall, 1976) - Neotropical: Chile H. ditaenia (Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay H. divisa (Walker) - Neotropical: South America H. edwardsii (Coquillett, 1894) - Nearctic: Canada (British Columbia), USA (California) H. edwarsi (Oldroyd, 1938) - Neotropical: Chile H. epilais (Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Brazil H. ethiops (Greathead, 1967) - Afrotropical: Ethiopia H. eversmanni Zaitzev and Madra Mandicencio, 1966 - Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine H. exoprosopoides Paramonov, 1928 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Sichuan), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. H. extensa Wulp, 1888 - Neotropical: Argentina H. galapagensis (Painter & Painter, 1974) - Neotropical: Argentina H. galathea (Osten Sacken, 1886) - Neotropical: Costa Rica H. gaudanica Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: China (Xinjiang), Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan H. gayi (Macquart, 1840) - Neotropical: Chile H. gussakovskyi Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan H. hamifera (Loew, 1854) - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China (Jiangsu, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang), France, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Italy (incl. Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia (ES, WS), Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia H. incisiva (Walker, 1852) - Nearctic: Mexico (Guerrero) H. inops (Coquillett, 1887) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington) H. jaennickeana (Osten Sacken, 1886) - Nearctic: Mexico (Morelos, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah) H. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1916) - Oriental: Taiwan. Palaearctic: Japan H. lepidota (Osten Sacken, 1887) - Nearctic: Canada (Alberta), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada) H. maura (Linnaeus, 1758) - Palaearctic H. melaleuca (Wiedemann, 1828) - Neotropical: Argentina, Uruguay H. melana Bowden, 1965 - Oriental: Nepal H. mesasiatica Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan H. micromelas (Bigot, 1892) - Neotropical: Argentina H. mischanensis Paramonov, 1927 - Palaearctic: Armenia H. montanorum (Austen, 1936) - Oriental: China (Yunnan). Palaearctic: China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang) H. morio (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oriental, Palaearctic H. nitidofasciata (Portschinsky, 1892) - Palaearctic: Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan H. noscibilis (Austen, 1936) - Palaearctic: China (Xizang) H. nudiuscula (Thomson, 1869) - Neotropical: Panama H. pamirensis Zaitzev, 1962 - Palaearctic: Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan H. panfilovi Zaitzev, 1981 - Palaearctic: Russia H. pauper (Becker, 1916) - Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt H. praecisa (Loew, 1869) - Palaearctic: China (Beijing, Hebei, Nei Monggol), Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan H. pullata (Coquillett, 1894) - Nearctic: USA (Arizona, California) H. referens (Walker, 1852) - Oriental: India, Myanmar, Pakistan H. robusta Zaitzev, 1966 - Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gruzia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan H. ruficollis (Bigot, 1892) - Neotropical: Argentina, Venezuela H.