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Genus Anastoechus

Take Two: Bombylius Mexicanus? Nope - Anastoechus - female Take Three: Bombylius Mexicanus? - Anastoechus - female Bee fly - Anastoechus barbatus Bombyliid of some kind - Anastoechus Bee Fly on Aster - Anastoechus Anastoechus sp.? - Anastoechus Reality Check: Bombylius? - Anastoechus UID BEE - Anastoechus
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 Bombyliini
Genus Anastoechus
Numbers
4 species in North America listed at nearctica.com
Remarks
page creation based on Neal Evenhuis' identification of this image
Internet References
distribution; PDF doc plus list of species and type specimen localities (Neal Evenhuis and D.J. Greathead, World Catalog of Bee Flies, part 1)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 June, 2006 - 4:58pm

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