Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP InsectsASDP Insects Index ASDP Ants ASDP Camponotus denticulatus ASDP Opisthopsis sp ASDP Bees Amegilla chlorocyanea Bee Braunsapis sp Exoneurella eremophila Bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Mating Lasioglossum (Homalictus) ASDP Beetles Blessed Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna beata) Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) Snout Beetle (Lixus) Transverse Ladybird ASDP Butterflies & Moths Banksia Moth – Caterpillar Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus ssp sthenelus) Day Flying Moth / Mistletoe Moth Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) Noctuinae (Caterpillar) Processionary Caterpillar ASDP Diptera Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp) Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata) ASDP Gyromantis ASDP Hemiptera / Heteroptera Crusader Bug (Mictis profana) Ground Shield Bug ASDP Orthoptera ASDP Katydid (Taeniomenae) Variable Stropis Grasshopper ASDP Tropidoderus gracilifemur ASDP Wasps Potter Wasp Torymus Chalcid Wasp
Alice Springs Desert ParkFauna Flora Nature Theatre Nocturnal House
Ligyra is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. It was described by Edward Newman in 1841, there being currently at least 110 described species in the genus.
Current observation on iNaturalistAU show observations in south-west region of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Central Australia in the Northern Territory.
Pictured here at the Alice Springs Desert Park, is a largish Bee Fly, Ligyra cingulata. The park is home to many different species of bee flies of different family and genus.
The adults bee flies usually feed on nectar and pollen and are important pollinators. The larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Informal: Orthorrhapha
- Superfamily: Asiloidea
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Subfamily: Anthracinae
- Genus: Ligyra
- Species: Ligyra cingulata
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Chris Lambkin (chris-lambkin) and tropicbreeze of iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/190056990
- Ligyra cingulata (Wulp, 1885), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/13bb7789-df2e-4860-9e83-d41587454b22
- Genus Ligyra, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/190056990
- Genus Ligyra, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/246066-Ligyra
- Ligyra Newman, 1841, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d68ebf9-8501-44d3-81d7-7d7070e9c6ee
ASDP InsectsASDP Insects Index ASDP Ants ASDP Camponotus denticulatus ASDP Opisthopsis sp ASDP Bees Amegilla chlorocyanea Bee Braunsapis sp Exoneurella eremophila Bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Mating Lasioglossum (Homalictus) ASDP Beetles Blessed Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna beata) Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) Snout Beetle (Lixus) Transverse Ladybird ASDP Butterflies & Moths Banksia Moth – Caterpillar Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus ssp sthenelus) Day Flying Moth / Mistletoe Moth Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) Noctuinae (Caterpillar) Processionary Caterpillar ASDP Diptera Bee Fly (Australiphthiria sp) Bee Fly (Ligyra cingulata) ASDP Gyromantis ASDP Hemiptera / Heteroptera Crusader Bug (Mictis profana) Ground Shield Bug ASDP Orthoptera ASDP Katydid (Taeniomenae) Variable Stropis Grasshopper ASDP Tropidoderus gracilifemur ASDP Wasps Potter Wasp Torymus Chalcid Wasp
ASDP FaunaASDP Arachnida ASDP Spiders ASDP Birds ASDP Insects ASDP Marsupials ASDP Mammals ASDP Reptiles Monotreme – Short-beaked Echidna
Alice Springs Desert ParkFauna Flora Nature Theatre Nocturnal House