Dipalta serpentina

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Dipalta serpentina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Dipalta
Species:
D. serpentina
Binomial name
Dipalta serpentina
Osten Sacken, 1877

Dipalta serpentina is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is widespread in North America from British Columbia, Canada south and east through most of the United States to Florida, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, and Honduras. [5] It is a parasitoid of antlion species such as Myrmeleon immaculatus . [6]

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<i>Dipalta</i> Genus of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthracinae</span> Subfamily of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Villini</span> Tribe of flies

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<i>Toxophora amphitea</i> Species of fly

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<i>Lepidophora lepidocera</i> Species of fly

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References

  1. ↑ "Dipalta serpentina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Dipalta serpentina species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Dipalta serpentina". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Dipalta serpentina Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  6. ↑ Nartshuk, E. P.; Krivokhatsky, V. A.; Evenhuis, N. L. (2019). "First record of a bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) parasitic on antlions (Myrmeleontidae) in Russia". Russian Entomological Journal. 28: 189. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.2.13 . Retrieved 17 July 2024.


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