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Genus Heterostylum

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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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