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Species Lepidophora lutea

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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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