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Tribe Exoprosopini

Exoprosopa rhea Bee Fly - Exoprosopa Exoprosopa - Exoprosopa butleri Black and brown fly - Exoprosopa brevirostris bee fly - Exoprosopa butleri Southeastern CA record for Exoprosopa rostrifera - Exoprosopa rostrifera - female Bee Fly - Exoprosopa dorcadion beefly ID - Exoprosopa decora
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Exoprosopini
Numbers
>40 spp. in 2 genera in our area, >650 spp. in 11 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide, almost half of the spp. in Africa; in our area, widespread but much more diverse in the west (esp. sw. US); 3 spp. of Exoprosopa range into Canada(1)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Joel Kits on 4 April, 2007 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 April, 2012 - 12:29pm

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