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Heterotropus
Sign in to saveHeterotropus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Heterotropinae, which formerly contained at least four genera. There are more than 45 species in the genus Heterotropus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Heterotropus is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to Bombyliidae, Animalia and insect.
Vinony files it under Bombyliidae, Taxa named by Hermann Loew and Taxa named by Theodor Becker.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 133
- Family
- Bombyliidae
- Collections
- IFIT-CP, SAM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, South Africa, Namibia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bombyliidae
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- taxon name
- Heterotropus
- taxon rank
- genus
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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Heterotropus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Heterotropinae, which formerly contained at least four genera. There are more than 45 species in the genus Heterotropus.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heterotropus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.