title: Atrichochira
text: # Atrichochira
  
  Atrichochira is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are four described species, two from Southern Africa and two from western Australia. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–13 millimetres (0.4–0.5 in), are yellowish brown with a black mesonotum and the stylate part of the third antennal is thickened.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Atrichochira commoni Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
  * Atrichochira inermis (Bezzi, 1912)
  * Atrichochira paramonovi Lambkin & Yeates, 2003
  * Atrichochira pediformis (Bezzi, 1921)
  