''Thecophora'' is a

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of thick-headed fly from the

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Conopidae The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera, and the sole member of the superfamily Conopoidea. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide in all the bioge ...

They are frequently found on flowers. They are endoparasites of other insects, specially bees.

Species

These 42 species belong to the genus ''Thecophora'': * '' Thecophora abbreviata'' (Loew, 1866)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora africana'' (Brunetti, 1925)^{c g} * '' Thecophora apivora'' Zimina, 1968^{c g} * '' Thecophora atra'' ( Fabricius, 1775)^{c g} * '' Thecophora australiana'' (Camras, 1955)^{c g} * '' Thecophora bimaculata'' Preyssler, 1791^{c g} * '' Thecophora caenovala'' (Krober, 1916)^{c g} * '' Thecophora caevovalva'' (Krober, 1915)^g * '' Thecophora cinerascens'' Meigen, 1804^{c g} * '' Thecophora clementsi''^g * '' Thecophora curticornis'' (Krober, 1916)^{c g} * '' Thecophora distincta'' ( Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824)^{c g} * '' Thecophora flavicornis'' (Krober, 1936)^{c g} * '' Thecophora flavipes'' (Brunetti, 1923)^{c g} * '' Thecophora freidbergi''^g * '' Thecophora fulvipes'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^{c g} * '' Thecophora haitiensis'' (Parsons, 1940)^{c g} * '' Thecophora hyalipennis'' (Krober, 1916)^{c g} * '' Thecophora jakutica'' Zimina, 1974^{c g} * '' Thecophora longicornis'' (Say, 1823)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora longirostris'' Lyneborg, 1962^{c g} * '' Thecophora luteipes'' (Camras, 1945)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora melanopa'' Rondani, 1857^{c g} * '' Thecophora metallica'' Camras, 1962^{c g} * '' Thecophora modesta'' (Williston, 1883)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora nigra'' (Van Duzee, 1927)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora nigrifrons''^g * '' Thecophora nigripes'' (Camras, 1945)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora nigrivena'' Camras, 1962^{c g} * '' Thecophora obscuripes'' (Chen, 1939)^{c g} * '' Thecophora obsoleta''^g * '' Thecophora occidensis'' (Walker, 1849)^{i c g} * '' Thecophora papuana'' Camras, 1961^{c g} * '' Thecophora philippinensis'' Camras, 1960^{c g} * '' Thecophora pilosa'' (Krober, 1916)^c * '' Thecophora propinqua'' (Adams, 1903)^{i c g b} * '' Thecophora rufifrons'' Camras, 1981^{c g} * '' Thecophora ruwenzoria'' Camras, 1962^{c g} * '' Thecophora sauteri'' (Krober, 1916)^{c g} * '' Thecophora simillima'' (Meijere, 1904)^{c g} * '' Thecophora submetallica''^g * '' Thecophora testaceipes'' (Chen, 1939)^{c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Conopidae Muscomorph flies of Europe Conopoidea genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani {{Conopoidea-stub