Bombylius minor

Heath Bee Fly
Bombylius minor France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Genus:	Bombylius
Species:	B. minor
Binomial name
Bombylius minor Linnaeus, 1758

Bombylius minor, the heath bee fly, is a Palearctic species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Distribution

The heath bee fly is native to Europe, where it has a cosmopolitan distribution. It is found in: Scandinavia, all of the Baltics (except Latvia), Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Iberia, United Kingdom, Italy, and Austria.

References

1. Evenhuis N. L. & Greathead D. J. 2015. World catalog of bee flies (Diptera:Bombyliidae). Revised September 2015. online
2. Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations
3. Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN   1-899935-04-5.

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