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Hyperalonia
Sign in to saveHyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Bombyliidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- BréSil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bombyliidae
- Image
- Bombyliidae - Hyperalonia morio.JPG
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- taxon name
- Hyperalonia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hyperalonia
- Commons category
- Hyperalonia
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyperalonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.