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Species Exoprosopa fasciata

Fairly large beefly - Exoprosopa fasciata

Robust Fly Nectaring on Vernonia - Exoprosopa fasciata

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 Anthracinae

Tribe Exoprosopini

Genus Exoprosopa

No Taxon (fasciata-group)

Species fasciata (Exoprosopa fasciata)

Explanation of Names

Exoprosopa fasciata Macquart 1840

Latin 'barred' (refers to the white band across the abdomen)

Range

e. US (ME-FL to WY-NM)(1)

Remarks

one of the most common Exoprosopa in the East --Andy Calderwood

Works Cited

1.	Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 9 March, 2005 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 21 April, 2012 - 12:15pm

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