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Species Dipalta serpentina

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 Anthracinae

Tribe Villini

Genus Dipalta

Species serpentina (Dipalta serpentina)

Range

Widely distributed in Nearctic: Mexico, U.S. (AZ, ARK, CA - type locality, CO, FL, GA, ID, ILL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, SD, TN, TX, UT, WAWI, WY)

also Neotropical: Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras.

Food

Larvae are parasitoids of antlion larvae (Myrmeleontidae).

Print References

Hull (1)

World Cat. (2)

Internet References

Key to the Bombyliidae of the eastern US

Works Cited

1.	Bee Flies of the World By Hull, Frank M.

2.	World Catalog of Bee Flies: Diptera : bombyliidae By Neal L. Evenhuis

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 10 February, 2007 - 1:10am
Last updated 10 February, 2007 - 2:25am

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