Species Exoprosopa fasciata

Classification · Food

Syrphid fly, maybe? - Exoprosopa fasciata

Bee fly - Exoprosopa fasciata - male - female

Exoprosopa fasciata? - Exoprosopa fasciata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)

Subfamily Anthracinae

Tribe Exoprosopini

Genus Exoprosopa

No Taxon (Exoprosopa fasciata-group)

Species fasciata (Exoprosopa fasciata)

Food

Larvae are parasitic. A reference to them as parasites of Phyllophaga (June Beetles) in this paper on Sweet Potatoes from a PhD candidate at LSU. (see p.17). From a human perspective this makes them beneficial, as the Phyllophaga grubs are a serious crop pest. Adults feed on nectar.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 9 March, 2005 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 25 July, 2009 - 6:58pm

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