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Lordotus Apicula
''Lordotus'' is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are at least 30 described species in ''Lordotus''. Species These 30 species belong to the genus ''Lordotus'': * ''Lordotus abdominalis'' Johnson and Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus albidus'' Hall, 1954 * ''Lordotus apicula'' Coquillett, 1887 * ''Lordotus apiculus'' (Coquillett, 1887) * ''Lordotus arizonensis'' Johnson and Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus arnaudi'' Johnson and Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus bipartitus'' Painter, 1940 * ''Lordotus bucerus'' Coquillett, 1894 * ''Lordotus cingulatus'' Johnson and Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus diplasus'' Hall, 1954 * ''Lordotus diversus'' Coquillett, 1891 * ''Lordotus divisus'' Cresson, 1919 * ''Lordotus ermae'' Hall, 1952 * ''Lordotus gibbus'' Loew, 1863 * ''Lordotus hurdi'' Hall, 1957 * ''Lordotus junceus'' Coquillett, 1891 * ''Lordotus lineatus'' Johnson & Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus luteolus'' Hall, 1954 * ''Lordotus lutescens'' Johnson and Johnson, 1959 * ''Lordotus mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyliidae
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects. Overview The Bombyliidae are a large family of flies comprising hundreds of genera, but the life cycles of most species are known poorly, or not at all. They range in size from very small (2 mm in length) to very large for flies (wingspan of some 40 mm).Hull, Frank Montgomery, Bee flies of the world: the genera of the family Bombyliidae Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press 1973 . Downloadable from: https://archive.org/details/beefliesofworl2861973hull When at rest, many species hold their wings at a characteristic "swept back" angle. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators, often with spectacularly long proboscises adapted to plants such as ''Lapeirousia'' species with very long, narrow floral tubes. Unlike butterflies, bee flies hold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
