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Lomatia belzebul

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Lomatia belzebul
Lomatia cf. belzebul, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Bombyliidae
Genus:
Lomatia
Species:
L. belzebul
Binomial name
Lomatia belzebul
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Lomatia loewi Paramonov, 1931
  • Lomatia paramonovi Evenhuis, 1978

Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa.[3]

Lomatia belzebul, male

Description

The adults grow up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. Body is shining black. In males the thorax shows black hairs, tawny in females. The wings have a wide brown band close to costal margin. The abdomen is black, with yellow bord of the segments, except the first segment.[4]

The striped abdomen can confuse these flies with some Hymenoptera for predators.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Lomatia belzebul.
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  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Catalogue of life
  3. ^ Fauna europaea
  4. ^ Justin Macquart Histoire naturelle des insectes: Diptères, Volume 1

External links

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