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

Genus Systoechus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Bombyliidae 03a - Systoechus Bombylius ? - Systoechus Bluff fly - Systoechus Fuzz Ball Bee Fly - Systoechus solitus Bee Fly - Systoechus Systoechus vulgaris? - Systoechus vulgaris Furry Fly - Systoechus S candidulus? - Systoechus
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 Systoechus
Explanation of Names
Systoechus Loew 1855
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 120 spp. worldwide(1)
Range
Afrotropical (>¾ of spp.) and holarctic, just 5 spp. in the New World, all in our area, some rather widespread, incl. in the east; 2 spp. reach Canada(1)
candidulus OR-AZ to MI-TX
fumipennis WA-OR to CO-ID
oreas AB-BC to CA-NV
solitus NJ-FL-LA
vulgaris transcontintental, recorded from 30 states and 3 provinces
Food
egg capsules of locusts(2)
Print References
Painter, R. H. 1962. The taxonomy and biology of Systoechus and Anastoechus bombyliid (Diptera) predators in grasshopper egg pods. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society: 35: 255-269.
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
2.The Natural History of Flies
Harold Oldroyd. 1964. Norton Library.
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 August, 2004 - 11:50am
Additional contributions by Ben Coulter, v belov, James Bailey, Marci Hess, Arturo Santos
Last updated 19 October, 2021 - 3:02pm

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