| Lomatia belzebul | |
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| Species: | L. belzebul |
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| Lomatia belzebul (Fabricius, 1794) | |
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Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae. [1] [2]
This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa. [3]
The adults grow up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. Body is shining black. In males the thorax shows black hairs, tawny in females. The wings have a wide brown band close to costal margin. The abdomen is black, with yellow bord of the segments, except the first segment. [4]
The striped abdomen can confuse these flies with some Hymenoptera for predators.
