The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae...
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Xenox tigrinus (category Bombyliidae)
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It formerly...
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Bombylius major (category Bombyliidae)
parasitically feed on the grubs. Bombylius major is part of the family Bombyliidae, with a reported 6000 species worldwide. The subfamily Bombyliinae contains...
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Systoechus vulgaris (category Bombyliidae)
vulgaris, the grasshopper bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs. "Systoechus vulgaris Report"...
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cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies...
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Males of fly species such as Cuterebra, many hover flies, bee flies (Bombyliidae) and fruit flies (Tephritidae) maintain territories within which they...
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1922 novel by Joseph Hergesheimer Cytherea (fly), a genus of bee flies (Bombyliidae) Cytherea chione, or Callista chione, the smooth clam Cytherea multistriata...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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Poecilanthrax lucifer (category Bombyliidae)
Poecilanthrax lucifer is a species of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). "Poecilanthrax lucifer Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
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Anthrax (fly) (category Bombyliidae genera)
F. M. Hull (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1–687. ISBN 0-87474-131-9...
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Systoechus (category Bombyliidae)
Systoechus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 120 described species in Systoechus. List of Systoechus species "Systoechus...
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Hemipenthes sinuosa (category Bombyliidae)
sinuosa, the sinuous bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae, found in North America. "Hemipenthes sinuosa species Information". BugGuide...
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arthropods. The larvae may be parasitized by nematodes, flies of the families Bombyliidae and Tachinidae, and Hymenoptera in the family Pteromalidae. When fully...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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around flowers, lending to their common name. Bee flies of the family Bombyliidae often mimic Hymenoptera and hover around flowers, as well, rendering...
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Xenox (category Bombyliidae genera)
Xenox is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are five described species in Xenox, all of which parasitize bees in the genus...
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largest of which is the Tachinidae (some 9,200 species), followed by the Bombyliidae (some 4,500 species), along with the Pipunculidae and the Conopidae,...
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Gertrude Ricardo (section Diptera: Family Bombyliidae)
Gertrude Ricardo (11 September 1862 - 31 October 1950) was a British entomologist and taxonomist who specialised in Diptera, particularly the families...
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"Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia", Zootaxa, 3872 (4), Magnolia Press: 387–392...
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Poecilanthrax effrenus (category Bombyliidae)
Poecilanthrax effrenus is a species of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). "Poecilanthrax effrenus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
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The following is a list of the larger Brachycera recorded in Britain, this includes the soldierflies and their allies. Xylophagus ater - common awl-fly...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily...
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List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, Asiloidea (section Bombyliidae)
List of Diptera of Ireland Superfamilies Xylophagoidea, Tabanoidea, Stratiomyoidea, Nemestrinoidea, Asiloidea Part of List of Diptera of Ireland Xylophagus...
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several families of flies: Syrphidae, Asilidae, Tabanidae, Oestridae, and Bombyliidae (Gabritschevsky, 1926). Cott, Hugh (1940). Adaptive Coloration in Animals...
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(flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas...
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Poecilognathus punctipennis (category Bombyliidae)
Poecilognathus punctipennis is a species of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). "Poecilognathus punctipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
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