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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Sparnopolius

Genus Sparnopolius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Beefly - Sparnopolius confusus - female Small golden fly for ID - Sparnopolius confusus 8021543 Bee fly - Sparnopolius confusus Sparnopolius confusus ? - Sparnopolius confusus - female Late Summer Bee Fly #2 - Sparnopolius confusus Small fuzzy Beefly - Sparnopolius confusus Small fuzzy Beefly - Sparnopolius confusus Genus Sparnopolius? - Sparnopolius confusus
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 Bombyliinae
Tribe Conophorini
Genus Sparnopolius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sparnopolius Loew 1855
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
Range
NA (ON to Mexico); in our area, S. confusus is widespread, the rest are restricted to sw. US (CA-TX-WY)(1)
Life Cycle
S. confusus reported to parasitize spp. of Phyllophaga(2)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
2.The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 June, 2006 - 5:37pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2023 - 1:29pm

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