Conops

Conops is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae. The larvae of Conops are parasitic on bees, especially bumblebees. Adults feed on nectar.

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PHYLUM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyConopidae

Observations recorded374,725,944

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 38
With media: 35
Family: Conopidae
Collections: SAM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, USNM, NHMUK, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, FMNH
Recorded in: South Africa, Burkina Faso, Zaire, Nigeria, Malawi, Indonesia, Bolivia, Tanzania

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Conopidae
Image: Conops-flavipes-13-VII-2007-344.jpg

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taxon name: Conops
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Conops
Commons category: Conops

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Conops is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae. The larvae of Conops are parasitic on bees, especially bumblebees. Adults feed on nectar.

==Species== Subgenus Conops Linnaeus, 1758 C. ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824 C. flavicaudus (Bigot, 1880) C. flavipes Linnaeus, 1758 C. maculatus Macquart, 1834 C. quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776 C. rufiventris Macquart, 1849 C. silaceus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824 C. scutellatus Meigen, 1804 C. strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824 C. vesicularis Linnaeus, 1761 C. vitellinus Loew, 1847 Subgenus Asiconops Chen, 1939 C. elegans Meigen, 1824 C. flavifrons Meigen, 1824 C. insignis Loew, 1848 C. longiventris Kröber, 1916 C. weinbergae Camras & Chvála, 1984

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