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Lepidophora

Rodrigues, Paula Fernanda Motta;Lamas, Carlos José Einicker

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Lepidophora

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Lepidophora is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are eight described species in Lepidophora.

Species

Hunchbacked Bee Fly

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyBombyliidae
Observations1,559

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
38
Family
Bombyliidae
Collections
MCGILL UNIVERSITY, VPI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
Recorded in
Canada, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bombyliidae
Image
Lepidophora lutea - Bee Fly.jpg
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taxon name
Lepidophora
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Lepidophora
Commons category
Lepidophora
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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Lepidophora is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are eight described species in Lepidophora.

==Species== These eight species belong to the genus Lepidophora: Lepidophora acroleuca Painter, 1930 Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 g Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939 c g Lepidophora lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828) i c g b (scaly bee fly) Lepidophora lutea Painter, 1962 i c g b Lepidophora secutor Walker, 1857 c g Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981 c g Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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