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Genus Aphoebantus

beefly - Aphoebantus - Aphoebantus - male

Mating Bee Flies - Aphoebantus - male - female

Aphoebantus mus - det. Dr. Neal Evenhuis - Aphoebantus mus - male

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 Aphoebantus

Explanation of Names

Aphoebantus Loew 1872

Numbers

67 spp. in our area (56 in CA, of which 18 are CA endemics), ~80 total(1)

Identification

(2)

sexes can be told apart by eye size(3)

Range

Mostly nearctic (3 spp. neotropical), 12 spp. in Eurasia; in our area, sw. US, with a few ranging to WA & KS(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.

3.	Sex Differentiation in Insects. A Few Tips.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 14 May, 2006 - 8:17am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 3 September, 2023 - 2:56pm

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