Genus Epacmus

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

Aphoebantus nitidus, The Gorgeous Grasshopper Gobbler - Epacmus nitidus - male

Aphoebantus - Epacmus nitidus - male - female

Dark bee fly with a tapered abdomen - Epacmus

Striped bee fly with tapered abdomen - Epacmus

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 Anthracinae

Tribe Aphoebantini

Genus Epacmus

Explanation of Names

Epacmus Osten Sacken 1886

Numbers

13 spp. total, all in our area(1)

Identification

see(2)

Range

sw US & Mexico(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	Aphoebantus and its relatives Epacmus and Eucessia (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Melander A.L. 1950. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 43: 1-45.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 12 May, 2017 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2017 - 9:07pm

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