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Hemipenthes
Sign in to saveHemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, Ins in 2020.
Species
Black Banded Bee Fly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyBombyliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 639
- With media
- 73
- Family
- Bombyliidae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, IFIT-CP, INDRE-SSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bombyliidae
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- Hemipenthes.JPG
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- Hemipenthes
- topic's main category
- Category:Hemipenthes
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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- Extinct species
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Hemipenthes is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. A number of species formerly in this genus were moved to a separate genus, Ins in 2020.
Larvae are hyperparasites of parasitic Hymenoptera.
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