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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Exoprosopini » Exoprosopa » Exoprosopa dorcadion

Species Exoprosopa dorcadion

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Bee fly info needed. - Exoprosopa dorcadion Bee Fly - Exoprosopa dorcadion Exoprosopa dorcadion Is this Exoprosopa caliptera? - Exoprosopa dorcadion Fly dipped in chocolate...maybe Exoprosopa dorcadion? - Exoprosopa dorcadion Exoprosopa dorcadion Exoprosopa dorcadion Bee Fly - Exoprosopa dorcadion
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 Anthracinae
Tribe Exoprosopini
Genus Exoprosopa
Species dorcadion (Exoprosopa dorcadion)
Explanation of Names
Exoprosopa dorcadion Osten Sacken 1877
Identification
Variation and melanism require further study (per Neal Evenhuis, pers. communication -HW).
The brown color fills in cell R1; in the similar E. jonesi the brown does not quite reach cell's apex (A. Calderwood)
Range
Canada to Mexico, transcontinental; in our area, NB-BC to NJ-OH-AR-TX-CA(1)
Habitat
Very widespread in cool mountain or coastal locales throughout the West --Andy Calderwood
Internet References
Type specimen
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 11 February, 2007 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 9:01pm

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