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

Genus Heterostylum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Bombyliidae - Heterostylum Bee fly? - Heterostylum robustum - female Bee fly? - Heterostylum robustum - female Heterostylum robustum - female Heterostylum robustum? - Heterostylum beefly ? tan and fuzzy with clear wings - Heterostylum robustum - female Bee fly-Southern California, USA - Heterostylum Heterostylum? - Heterostylum
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 Heterostylum
Explanation of Names
Heterostylum Macquart 1848
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 12 total(1)
Identification
long proboscis similar to Bombylius but head is wider and rear margin of eye is indented (sinuous)
Range
New World, US to Argentina & West Indies; in our area, widespread in sw. US to OR-MO, with H. robustum ranging into GA(1), NC (guide records).
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 May, 2005 - 8:09am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 1 September, 2021 - 2:55am

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