Species Conophorus atratulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References

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 Bombyliinae

Tribe Conophorini

Genus Conophorus

Species atratulus (Conophorus atratulus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ploas atratula Loew, 1872

Size

4-7 mm

Identification

Best identified with actual specimen, following keys in Hall & Evenhuis (1981; see reference below)

Range

USA: WA, OR, ID, UT, CA; Mexico: Baja California Norte

Life Cycle

Unknown, but adults found on low growing annuals such as Lasthenia spp.(formerly Baeria , mentioned in Hall & Evenhuis; see reference below)

Print References

Hall, J.C., and N.L. Evenhuis. 1981. Genus Conophorus Meigen (1803), pp. 259-289; in Griffiths, Graham C.D. (ed.). Flies of the Nearctic Region, Vol V, pt.13, No.2

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 28 March, 2008 - 10:30am

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