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Mallophora
Sign in to saveMallophora is a genus of bee killers in the family Asilidae. There are about 60 described species in Mallophora. thumb|Mallophora orcina
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 500
- With media
- 197
- Family
- Asilidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, IIZD-UASLP, TTU, UCSB, RSA, UMNH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Florida Bee Killer (Mallophora bomboides) (7343371940).jpg
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- taxon name
- Mallophora
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- topic's main category
- Category:Mallophora
- Commons category
- Mallophora
- taxon common name
- Bee Killers
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected species
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Mallophora is a genus of bee killers in the family Asilidae. There are about 60 described species in Mallophora. thumb|Mallophora orcina
==Selected species== Mallophora ardens Macquart, 1834 Mallophora atra Macquart, 1834 (black bee killer) Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann, 1821) (Florida bee killer) Mallophora fautrix Osten Sacken, 1887 Mallophora fulviventris Macquart, 1850 Mallophora leschenaulti Macquart, 1838 (belzebul bee-eater) Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann, 1828) (southern bee killer) Mallophora thompsoni Artigas and Angulo, 1980 Mallophora ruficauda Wiedemann, 1828
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