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Paracosmus

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Paracosmus is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five described species in Paracosmus.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Paracosmus is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, North America and insect.

Vinony files it under Bombyliidae, Bombyliidae genera and Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyBombyliidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
Family
Bombyliidae
Collections
UCM, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), EMEC
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

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taxon
Parent taxon
Bombyliidae
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taxon name
Paracosmus
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Paracosmus is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five described species in Paracosmus.

==Species== These five species belong to the genus Paracosmus: Paracosmus edwardsii (Loew, 1872) i c g b Paracosmus insolens Coquillett, 1891 i c g b Paracosmus morrisoni Osten Sacken, 1887 i c g b Paracosmus rubicundus Melander, 1950 i c g b Paracosmus similis Hall, 1957 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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