family Bombyliidae
Bee FliesBee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus
Bee Flies in the family Bombyliidae, order Diptera, are a group of flies whose common names include bee flies or humbleflies. The adult of this family usually feed on nectar and pollen, some species being important pollinators. The larvae of this group are generally parasitoids of other insects.
Check out our following information on the members of the bee fly group:
- Anthrax sp (Bee Fly Bombyliidae)
- Australiphthiria
- Balaana Beefly (Balaana abscondita)
- Cryomyia sp
- Ligyra
- Neosardus cosmus
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Superfamily: Asiloidea
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Subfamilies:
- Anthracinae
- Antoniinae
- Bombyliinae
- Crocidiinae
- Cythereinae
- Ecliminae
- Heterotropinae
- Lomatiinae
- Mariobezziinae
- Oligodraninae
- Oniromyiinae
- Phthiriinae
- Tomomyzinae
- Toxophorinae
- Usiinae
- Xenoprosopinae
Footnote & References
- Bee Flies – Family Bombyliidae, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_robbers/BOMBYLIIDAE.htm
- Bombyliidae, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyliidae (last visited Mar. 26, 2022)
- Bee Flies (Family Bombyliidae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/51558-Bombyliidae
- BOMBYLIIDAE Latreille, 1802, Bee Flies, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bombyliidae
Bee FliesBee Flies Index Anthrax (Bee Fly) Australiphthiria Balaana Beefly Cryomyia sp Ligyra Neosardus cosmus
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