Toxophora virgata

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Toxophora virgata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Toxophora
Species:
T. virgata
Binomial name
Toxophora virgata

Toxophora virgata is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] Hosts include potter wasps from the genera Odynerus and Stenodynerus . [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Toxophora virgata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Toxophora virgata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ Ávalos-Hernández, Omar; Kits, Joel; Trujano-Ortega, Marysol; García-Vázquez, Uri; Cano-Santana, Zenon (3 July 2014). "New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico". ZooKeys (422): 55. Bibcode:2014ZooK..422...49A. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7598 . PMC   4109446 . PMID   25061389.


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