Lordotus

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Lordotus
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Lordotus sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Lordotini
Genus: Lordotus
Loew, 1863
Synonyms [1]
  • Adelidea Marquart, 1840

Lordotus is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are at least 30 described species in Lordotus. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Lordotus:

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

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<i>Lordotus pulchrissimus</i> Species of fly

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<i>Thevenetimyia</i> Genus of flies

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lordotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Lordotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  3. 1 2 "Lordotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. 1 2 "Lordotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  5. "Lordotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-20.

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