Species Lepidophora lutea

Classification · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References

yellow hunchbacked bee fly - Lepidophora lutea

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 Ecliminae

Genus Lepidophora

Species lutea (Lepidophora lutea)

Identification

Hunch-backed shape is shared with L. lepidocera. In L. lutea, the pale scales are mostly yellow, and there are abundant yellow scales on the sides of the fourth abdominal segment

Range

eastern United States (FL, LA, ME, MN, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA, WV - and probably intervening/adjacent states) plus Ontario

See Also

In Scaly Bee Fly (Lepidophora lepidocera), the pale scales are white or pale yellow, and usually no pale scales are evident on the fourth abdominal segment.

Internet References

distribution; PDF doc and type specimen locality (Neal Evenhuis and D.J. Greathead, World Catalog of Bee Flies, part 2)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 4 June, 2006 - 2:27am

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