Species Exoprosopa fascipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Orange County Bee Fly Archives #51 - Exoprosopa fascipennis

Orange County Bee Fly Archives #93 - California costal form - Exoprosopa fascipennis

Exoprosopa, right? - Exoprosopa fascipennis

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

Species fascipennis (Exoprosopa fascipennis)

Explanation of Names

Author is Say, 1824.

Size

circa 8-9 mm length (guide photos, e.g., this one)

Range

Throughout much of United States (and perhaps southern Canada?), though not listed for the western US states, nor western Canadian provinces by Evenhuis (1) (Hartmut Wisch).

Internet References

live and pinned adult images (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

Works Cited

1.	World Catalog of Bee Flies: Diptera : bombyliidae By Neal L. Evenhuis

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:12pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 1 August, 2008 - 10:23pm

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