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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physocephala » Physocephala tibialis

Species Physocephala tibialis

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Conopidae - Physocephala tibialis Conopidae - Physocephala tibialis Black thick-headed fly? - Physocephala tibialis Black thick-headed fly? - Physocephala tibialis Conopidea - Physocephala tibialis Thick-headed Fly - Physocephala tibialis Thick-headed Fly - Physocephala tibialis Thick Headed Fly - Physocephala tibialis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Acalyptratae)
Family Conopidae (Thick-headed Flies)
Subfamily Conopinae
Genus Physocephala
Species tibialis (Physocephala tibialis)
Numbers
one of 7 species in this genus in North America
Identification
adult body mostly black with broad white band between abdominal segments one and two; wings black
Range
eastern United States and southern Ontario
Habitat
adults visit flowers of herbaceous plants during the day
Season
adults in June and July (in Ohio & West Virginia)
Life Cycle
reported to parasitize workers of the bumble bee Bombus bimaculatus
Remarks
Page creation based on Christian Thompson's identification of this image.
Internet References
live adult image from Kansas and ID info (Kansas Dept. Agriculture & Kansas State U.)
literature citation; 4 MB PDF doc reporting parasitization of bumble bees in eastern US (U. of California at Berkeley)
presence in North Carolina; list showing 38 pinned specimens in collection, including local specimens (North Carolina State U.)
presence in Ohio and West Virginia; PDF doc list and seasonality (W.B. Bond, Marietta College, Ohio)
presence in Illinois; list (Flower-visiting Insects of Prairie Coreopsis, John Hilty, Illinois)
presence in Ontario; list at Ojibway Prairie, Windsor (courtesy U. of Guelph)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 October, 2005 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 29 October, 2005 - 10:51am

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