Lepidophora

Lepidophora
Lepidophora lepidocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Bombyliinae
Tribe:	Eclimini
Genus:	Lepidophora Westwood, 1835

Lepidophora is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are eight described species in Lepidophora. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Lepidophora: ^[5]

• Lepidophora acroleuca Painter, 1930
• Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 ^g
• Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939 ^{c g}
• Lepidophora lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{i c g b} (scaly bee fly)
• Lepidophora lutea Painter, 1962 ^{i c g b}
• Lepidophora secutor Walker, 1857 ^{c g}
• Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981 ^{c g}
• Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Lepidophora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
2. "Browse Lepidophora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
3. "Lepidophora". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
4. "Lepidophora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
5. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2024-12-30.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Lepidophora at Wikimedia Commons