| Ogcodocera analis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Ogcodocera |
| Species: | O. analis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ogcodocera analis (Williston, 1901) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ogcodocera analis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. [5]
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
Poecilanthrax willistonii, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers.
Ligyra is a genus of bee flies in the Bombyliidae family. It was described by Edward Newman in 1841. There are at least 110 described species in Ligyra.
Pantarbes capito is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States from California to Wyoming.
Lepidanthrax rauchi is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico and Arizona.
Lepidanthrax disjunctus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from Mexico and Arizona.
Exoprosopa rostrifera is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Dolichomyia gracilis is a species of bee flies.
Lepidanthrax eremicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California.
Rhynchanthrax parvicornis is a species of bee flies. It is found in the central United States from New Mexico to Alabama, north to Iowa.
Bombylius incanus is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Ogcodocera is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are two described species in the genus Ogcodocera.
Lepidanthrax californicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California, Arizona, and Baja California Norte.
Exoprosopa doris is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It occurs in much of western North America.
Geron is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 180 described species in the genus Geron, found on every continent except Antarctica.
Paravilla aridula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and California.
Ogcodocera leucoprocta is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico and north through the eastern United States to Quebec.
Hemipenthes inops is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States. It is somewhat unusual compared to other members of the genus Hemipenthes in that its wings are mostly transparent.
Lomatiinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 16 genera and at least 290 described species in Lomatiinae.
Anthrax analis, the black bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It can be found throughout North America, from the Yukon east to Quebec in Canada, the entire mainland United States, most of Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica and Cuba. As an adult it is a pollinator, and as a larva it is a parasitoid of tiger beetles in the genus Cicindela, and likely also of solitary bees. It is variable in appearance, with the posterior half of the wings usually transparent, but in the eastern United States the wings may be entirely dark.. The body itself is covered in black hair, but the tip of the abdomen usually has silvery scales.
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