bee fly
(Villa lateralis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Diptera (flies) | ||
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Brachycera | ||
Infraorder |
Cyclorrhapha | ||
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Asiloidea | ||
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Bombyliidae (bee flies) | ||
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Anthracinae | ||
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Villini (banded bee flies) | ||
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Villa | ||
Orthorrhapha was historically one of two infraorders of Brachycera, a suborder of Diptera. However, Brachycera did not contain all of the descendants of the last common ancestor (paraphyletic). It was split into five extant (still existing) and one extinct infraorder. Orthorrhapha is now considered obsolete and has not been used in decades, but it persists in printed literature and on some online sources. A recent revision of the order Diptera (Pope, et al., 2011) revived the name Orthorrhapha, but this has not been widely accepted. |
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Anthrax lateralis |
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This genus has no common name. The common name of the family Bombyliidae is bee flies, and it is applied here for convenience. |
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| these are hatching from my front door. There appears to be a large some other insect also in the door, but no longer fits through the tiny holes. It's creepy, but I got a shot of one of the bee flies. |  |
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| Alfredo Colon 8/22/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Jessie 7/3/2016 |
Location: Rochester, MN Olmsted County these are hatching from my front door. There appears to be a large some other insect also in the door, but no longer fits through the tiny holes. It's creepy, but I got a shot of one of the bee flies. |
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| John Valo 7/31/2016 |
One of our viewers (pinners?) on Pinterest commented: “Antennae appears to long for a fly”. |
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