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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Bombyliini » Bombylius » Subgenus Bombylius (Bombylius Subgenus Bombylius) » Bombylius mexicanus

Species Bombylius mexicanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Bombyliini

Genus Bombylius

No Taxon (Subgenus Bombylius)

Species mexicanus (Bombylius mexicanus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bombylius mexicanus Wiedemann, 1821. Synonyms:

Bombylius fulvibasis Macquart, 1855

Bombylius philadelphicus Macquart, 1840

Size

10-12 mm body length, 26 mm wingspan (measurements of specimen, Key to Bee Flies of Ontario)

Identification

A large bee-fly that flies in late spring to summer, similar to Bombylius major, which typically flies earlier in the spring. Pile ("hair") mostly yellow, with just a few black hairs on the edges of abdominal segments. Note white spots on abdomen (females only), a few black hairs on abdomen, and details of wing venation:

See Key to Bee Flies of Ontario for details.

Range

Southern Ontario, Quebec, south through eastern and southern United States

Season

Begins appearing in Florida at the end of February -- and BugGuide posts show it occurs within its range in June. In Ontario, late May to July.

See Also

Bombylius major

Print References

Brimley, p. 342--Bombylius fulvibasis--noted from North Carolina mountains in May (1)

Internet References

Kits, et al. Key to Bee Flies of Ontario

ITIS

Giff Beaton

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 1 January, 2008 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 3 June, 2010 - 7:43pm

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