Myopa

Myopa
	Myopa buccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Conopidae
Tribe:	Myopini
Genus:	Myopa ; Fabricius, 1775
Type species
	Conops buccatus ; Linnaeus, 1758

Last updated February 06, 2026

Myopa is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.^[2]

They are parasitic on honey bees Apis mellifera, also Andrena, and mustache bees Anthophora.^[3]

Species

M. bohartorum Camras, 1953
M. bozinovici Barahona-Segovia 2020^[4]
M. buccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
M. castanea (Bigot, 1887)
M. clausa Loew, 1866^[5]
M. curticornis Kröber, 1916
M. curtirostris Kröber, 1916
M. dorsalis Fabricius, 1794
M. extricata Collin, 1960
M. fasciata Meigen, 1804
M. fenestrata Coquillett, 1902
M. flavopilosa Kröber, 1916
M. longipilis Banks, 1916
M. melanderi Banks, 1916
M. metallica Camra, 1992
M. minor Strobl, 1906
M. mixta Frey, 1958
M. morio Meigen, 1804
M. nebulosa Barahona-Segovia 2020^[4]
M. occulta Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
M. perplexa Camras, 1953
M. picta Panzer, 1798
M. plebeia Williston, 1885
M. polystigma Rondani, 1857
M. rubida (Bigot, 1887)
M. stigma Meigen, 1824
M. strandi Duda, 1940
M. tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859
M. testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
M. variegata Meigen, 1804
M. vesiculosa Say, 1823
M. vicaria Walker, 1849
M. virginica Banks, 1916

References

↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
↑ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
↑ Bugguide.net. Myopa
1 2 Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.; Barceló, MatíAs (25 May 2020). "Myopa nebulosa sp. nov. and Myopa bozinovici sp. nov. (Diptera: Conopidae): New thick-headed flies from a threatened biodiversity hotspot in central Chile". Zootaxa. 4780 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.4.
↑ Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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[Fabricius1775-1] Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[Smith-2] Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.

[3] Bugguide.net. Myopa

[Chile-4] 1 2 Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.; Barceló, MatíAs (25 May 2020). "Myopa nebulosa sp. nov. and Myopa bozinovici sp. nov. (Diptera: Conopidae): New thick-headed flies from a threatened biodiversity hotspot in central Chile". Zootaxa. 4780 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.4.

[Loew1866-5] Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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Myopa

Myopa buccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Conopidae
Tribe:	Myopini
Genus:	Myopa Fabricius, 1775^[1]
Type species
Conops buccatus Linnaeus, 1758