''Hemipenthes webberi'' is a species of bee flies in 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
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Description
''H. webberi'' measures 6–10 mm in length. They have a dark coloured abdomen, thorax, and head, with yellowish flecks on the head and thorax. A few white hairs are present at the edges of the thorax. The antennae are black. The legs are black, except at the tibiae, which are yellow.
Holotype
The holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...
, named as ''Villa webberi'' by Johnson, 1919, is a male found at . It is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Biology and lifecycle
Known larval hosts for ''Hemipenthes
''Hemipenthes'' is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are many described species, distributed throughout the Holarctic realm. These are small to large robust flies with a body length of 5–14 mm. T ...
'' include both Lepidoptera and diprionid sawflies and the tachinid flies and ichneumonoid wasps parasitizing them. Adults fly in June and July.
References
Further reading
*Psyche, 1919, Vol. 26 by Johnson, pp. 11–12.
*Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 2008, #6 Bee Flies by Kits, et al., pg. 12.
*Zootaxa, 2009 #2074 by Hernandez, pp. 42–43.
Bombyliidae
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Insects described in 1919
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