Volucella bombylans (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Onfared, 2013, Volucella bombylans (Syrphidae, Diptera) recorded from a colony of Bombus mesomelas (Apidae, Hymenoptera) in Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 829-836 : 831

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5299324

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E7B6F6B-FF9F-4D2D-14D6-FC86A16AFB11

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Volucella bombylans
status

 

Collecting V. bombylans View in CoL larvae

At first, two vermiform larvae observed at the entrance of the nest and collected. Other larvae were at the bottom of the nest material. All larval specimens put in the ethanol (70 %). Species of fly which larvae belonged to then were confirmed by Dr. Graham Rotery. A schematic drawing of larvae using a stereomicroscope Olympus SZH without using of drawing tube, drawn by Mr. Afshari, a Plant Protection student in Yasouj University (Fig. 2). Diagnosis features are based on flies specimens were deposited in Dept. of Entomology, ‘Plant Protection institute of Iran’, Ewin, Tehran.

3. Results

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Volucella

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