| Dipalta banksi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Dipalta |
| Species: | D. banksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipalta banksi Johnson, 1921 | |
Dipalta banksi, the Huron shore bee fly, is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It is found in eastern Canada and the United States. [5]
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
The Asiloidea comprise a very large superfamily insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects.
Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers.
Dipalta is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). The genus is closely related to Villa.
Ligyra is a genus of bee flies in the Bombyliidae family. It was described by Edward Newman in 1841. There are at least 110 described species in Ligyra.
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It formerly went by the name Anthrax tigrinus. The distinctive wing pattern may resemble tiger stripes, giving the tiger bee fly its name. Like other members of the bee fly family, the tiger bee fly parasitizes the larvae of other insects.
Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae.
Dicranoclista is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least two described species in Dicranoclista.
Exoprosopa parda is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax monticola is a species of bee flies.
Thevenetimyia luctifera is a species of bee flies, insects in the family Bombyliidae.
Thevenetimyia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 40 described species in Thevenetimyia found worldwide, mostly in North America with several species in Australia and southeast Asia.
Thevenetimyia speciosa is a species of bee flies, insects in the family Bombyliidae.
Paravilla deserta is a species of bee flies.
Toxophora virgata is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. Hosts include potter wasps from the genera Odynerus and Stenodynerus.
Bombylius pygmaeus is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Geron calvus is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Sparnopolius confusus is a species of bee flies, insects in the family Bombyliidae.
Aphoebantus leucospilus is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Dipalta serpentina is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. It is a parasitoid of the antlion species Myrmeleon immaculatus.
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