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Genus Sparnopolius

Systoechus vulgaris? - Sparnopolius confusus

Which beefly please? - 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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