Conops vesicularis

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Conops vesicularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Genus: Conops
Species:
C. vesicularis
Binomial name
Conops vesicularis
Linnaeus, 1761

Conops vesicularis is a species of fly from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bees and wasps. [1] The species is native to Europe. [2]

References

Conops vesicularis
  1. Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
  2. Darrouzet, Eric; Gévar, Jérémy; Dupont, Simon (January 2015). "A scientific note about a parasitoid that can parasitize the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, in Europe". Apidologie. 46 (1): 130–132. doi:10.1007/s13592-014-0297-y.