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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Sparnopolius

Genus Sparnopolius

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Bee Fly on Woodland Sunflower - Sparnopolius confusus Bee Fly on New England Aster - Sparnopolius confusus Bee Fly - Sparnopolius confusus Sparnopolius confusus Bee Fly - Sparnopolius confusus Bee Fly - Sparnopolius confusus Bee fly - Sparnopolius confusus Black-tailed Bee Fly? - Sparnopolius confusus
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 Sparnopolius
Numbers
4 species in North America listed at nearctica.com
a fifth Nearctic species occurs in Mexico
Range
much of United States plus Ontario
also occurs in Mexico
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 - 5:37pm

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