''Exoprosopa capucina'' is a species of 'bee fly' belonging to the family

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 fl ...

subfamily

Anthracinae Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae. Genera *''Anthrax'' Scopoli, 1763 *'' Aphoebantus'' Loew, 1872 *''Astrophanes'' Osten Sacken, 1886 * ...

. This 'bee-fly' is present in most of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

and in the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

. The average body length of the adults reaches . The head is quite large, with small antennae. The dark-brown wings are large too, with translucent areas on their margin and a completely dark cell (R1) on the front border, without hyaline spot. The thorax and the abdomen are greyish brown.

References

* Mark van Veen, Zeist
Exoprosopa Keys

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Fauna Europaea
Bombyliidae Insects described in 1781 Diptera of Europe {{Bombyliidae-stub