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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tangle-veined Flies (Nemestrinidae) » Neorhynchocephalus » Neorhynchocephalus sackenii

Species Neorhynchocephalus sackenii

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References
Bee fly ... - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii Green-eyed fly on Buddleia - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - female Green-eyed fly on Buddleia - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - female Fly with ovipositor - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - male - female Tangle-Veined Fly, Bumblebee Mimic - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - female Unknown diptera on Cirsium arvense - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii Neorhynchocephalus sackenii ? - Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - female Neorhynchocephalus sackenii - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Nemestrinidae (Tangle-veined Flies)
Genus Neorhynchocephalus
Species sackenii (Neorhynchocephalus sackenii)
Explanation of Names
Neorhynchocephalus sackenii (Williston 1880)
The species name honours Baron von Osten Sacken, an important early dipterist.
Identification
Posterior 2 veins at the apex of the wing are usually joined before the wing margin. Abdomen predominately yellow tomentose with sparse black tomentum at the bases of segments.
Range
Western United States and adjacent southern Canada, east to MI-IL-AR
Print References
Bequaert J. (1930) Notes on American Nemestrinidae. Psyche 37: 286-298. (Full text).
Bequaert J. (1934) Notes on American Nemestrinidae, Second Paper. J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 42: 163-184. (Full text)
Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 September, 2009 - 8:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2021 - 9:38am

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