Bombylius (Bombylius) posticus Fabricius, 1805

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158701

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6272224

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scientific name

Bombylius (Bombylius) posticus Fabricius, 1805
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Bombylius (Bombylius) posticus Fabricius, 1805 View in CoL

Material: Six specimens: Al Jubayhah 8.V.1984 (1ɗ); Al Wala 8.IV.2002 (1Ψ, 4ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Afaghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia­Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

The white scales at apex of abdomen may be difficult to see when the specimens are in good condition (with many hairs) ( Austen 1937). The larvae were found parasitizing Panurgus dentipes Latreille and P. calcaratus (Scopoli) (Andrenidae) and also Evylaeus nigripes Lepeletier (Halictidae) (du Merle, 1975).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

SubFamily

Bombyliinae

Tribe

Bombyliini

Genus

Bombylius

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