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Myopinae host?

I have recently had images of flies moved to Subfamily Myopinae. I see on the Family Conopidae info tab page "host group varies by subfamily" but I am not having any luck searching for the host group for Subfamily Myopinae. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Contributed by Tim Turner on 20 April, 2015 - 12:16pm

Hosts
Myopa uses Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Andrena, Diandrena and Anthrophora bees.
Thecophora uses Halictus sp. bees.

per Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 1966, Vol. 39, #1 pp. 123 to 131.
… Lee Penner, 20 April, 2015 - 4:58pm

 
Thank you
for the informative reply, Lee. There were Andrena sp bees foraging on the flowers of the same clump of Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna, aka Ranunculus ficaria, Fig Buttercup) where I photographed one of the flies I recently posted, which image is now residing in Subfamily Myopinae. Honey bees and Halictus sp bees are also common in my yard.
… Tim Turner, 20 April, 2015 - 6:58pm

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