Species Geminaria canalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

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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 Bombyliinae

Tribe Conophorini

Genus Geminaria

Species canalis (Geminaria canalis)

Explanation of Names

Geminaria canalis (Coquillett 1887)

Identification

Wing with 9―14 more or less isolated brown spots(1)(2)

Range

sw US (CA―AZ―NV―NM) & Mexico(3)

Works Cited

1.	Homeodactyla and Asilomorpha: Bombyliidae, Vol. 5, Part 13, in 'Flies of the Nearctic Region', edited by G. C. D. Griffiths Jack C. Hall & Neal L. Evenhuis. 1980. E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.

2.	Bee Flies of the World: The Genera of the Family Bombyliidae Hull, Frank M. 1973. Smithsonian Institution Press.

3.	Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 8 May, 2007 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 8:14pm

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