The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae...
1922 novel by Joseph Hergesheimer Cytherea (fly), a genus of bee flies (Bombyliidae) Cytherea chione, or Callista chione, the smooth clam Cytherea multistriata...
Gertrude Ricardo (11 September 1862 - 31 October 1950) was a British entomologist and taxonomist who specialised in Diptera, particularly the families...
parasitically feed on the grubs. Bombylius major is part of the family Bombyliidae, with a reported 6000 species worldwide. The subfamily Bombyliinae contains...
Males of fly species such as Cuterebra, many hover flies, bee flies (Bombyliidae) and fruit flies (Tephritidae) maintain territories within which they...
cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies...
arthropods. The larvae may be parasitized by nematodes, flies of the families Bombyliidae and Tachinidae, and Hymenoptera in the family Pteromalidae. When fully...
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It formerly...
around flowers, lending to their common name. Bee flies of the family Bombyliidae often mimic Hymenoptera and hover around flowers, as well, rendering...
species of fly in the family Bombyliidae. Evenhuis N. L. & Greathead D. J. 2015. World catalog of bee flies (Diptera:Bombyliidae). Revised September 2015...
The following is a list of the larger Brachycera recorded in Britain, this includes the soldierflies and their allies. Xylophagus ater - common awl-fly...
several families of flies: Syrphidae, Asilidae, Tabanidae, Oestridae, and Bombyliidae (Gabritschevsky, 1926). Cott, Hugh (1940). Adaptive Coloration in Animals...
Parageron is a genus of bee flies within the family Bombyliidae. Members of this genus can be found in Europe. Parageron additivaneura Carles-Tolrá 2009...
"Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia", Zootaxa, 3872 (4), Magnolia Press: 387–392...
vulgaris, the grasshopper bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs. "Systoechus vulgaris Report"...
"Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia". Zootaxa. 3872 (4). Magnolia Press: 387–392...
flies), Tabanidae (horseflies), Oestridae (bot or warble flies) and Bombyliidae (bee flies, such as Bombylius major) all include Batesian mimics of bumblebees...
thorax (as in the Acroceridae) and lack the dense vestiture common in the Bombyliidae. Mythicomyiids have until recently not had much attention in the literature...
Flowers attract varied pollinators including bumblebees, carpenter bees, Bombyliidae, and hummingbirds. However most of these species are ineffective pollinators...
Poecilognathus punctipennis is a species of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). "Poecilognathus punctipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily...
Thevenetimyia speciosa is a species of bee flies, insects in the family Bombyliidae. "Thevenetimyia speciosa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved...
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