Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Bee FliesAnthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp
Ligyra cingulata is one of the larger Bee Fly species in the genus Ligyra, family Bombyliidae. It was described by Edward Newman in 1841, there being currently at least 110 described species in the genus.
Observations on iNaturalistAU include south-west region of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Alice Springs in Central Australia in the Northern Territory.
The adult Ligyra cingulat bee flies feed on nectar and pollen, being 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/Ligyra cingulata
- 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/Ligyra
Alice Springs Bee FliesAnthrax sp (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Balaana abscondita Ligyra cingulata Neosardus sp
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