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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Myopinae

Thecophora? - Thecophora Thecophora from Central CA Coast - Thecophora - female Myopinae - Thecophora Thick-headed Fly 2 - Myopa Mating Thick-headed Flies - Myopa - male - female Myopinae - Thecophora Fly (Nomad Bee mimic) Zodion?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Conopidae (Thick-headed Flies)
Subfamily Myopinae
Numbers
~40 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1)
Food
Hosts include bees and other Aculeata