Species Dipalta banksi - Huron Shore Bee Fly

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References

dark-spotted brown bee fly - Dipalta banksi

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 Villini

Genus Dipalta

Species banksi (Huron Shore Bee Fly)

Size

8-10 mm

Identification

brown body, black spots on dorsal midline of abdomen, wings with black patches and spots

Range

Virginia, Ohio, southern Ontario

Habitat

sand dunes with or without vegetation

Season

presumably summer & fall

Food

larvae are parasitoids of larval antlions

Internet References

live adult image and other info (Steve Marshall et al, U. of Guelph, Ontario)

distribution and type specimen location; PDF doc (Neal Evenhuis and D.J. Greathead, World Catalog of Bee Flies, part 3)

common name reference and status of "S1?" in Ontario (NHIC, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

presence in Ontario; list (Insects of North Lambton [list copied from hard copy publication by Jeff Skevington et al, 2001])

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 17 April, 2005 - 12:13am
Last updated 3 June, 2006 - 1:21pm

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