Exoprosopa
Exoprosopa | |
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Exoprosopa italica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Exoprosopini |
Genus: | Exoprosopa Macquart, 1840 |
Type species | |
Bibio capucina Fabricius, 1781
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Synonyms | |
Exoprosopa is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with over 325 described species.[2] The genus parasitizes a wide range of insects, including locust and larvae of wasps.
Description
This genus contains the largest bee flies, of about 14 mm, sometimes larger, up to 22 mm, though a few species are as small as 6 mm. The proboscis is short. The head is large and only loosely attached to the thorax. The antenna are small and well separated. Wings are large, with wingspan 40 mm, up to 64 mm in the largest species, nearly always boldly patterned; abdomen patterned (often banded) with white or pale scales on segment 6 and 7 or on each segment. Many species are sexually dimorphic.[2]
Distribution
Species are found worldwide, however Southern Africa is especially species rich with over 135 species.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. 2003. pp. 291–535. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ a b c Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
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- Bombyliidae
- Diptera of Europe
- Diptera of Australasia
- Diptera of Africa
- Diptera of Asia
- Diptera of North America
- Diptera of South America
- Brachycera genera
- Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart