Bee Flies > Bee Flies Index
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Bee Flies are a group of flies whose common names include bee flies or humbleflies. The adult members of this family Bombyliidae, order Diptera, usually feed on nectar and pollen, some species being important pollinators. The larvae of this group are generally parasitoids of other insects.
Check out selection of some of the insects in the Bee Flies group.
- 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 Latreille, 1802, Bee Flies, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bombyliidae
- Bee Flies (Family Bombyliidae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/51558-Bombyliidae
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