Hyperalonia morio

Hyperalonia morio is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.[1]

Hyperalonia morio
Hyperalonia morio. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Asilomorpha
Superfamily:
Asiloidea
Family:
Bombyliidae
Genus:
Hyperalonia
Species:
H. morio
Binomial name
Hyperalonia morio
(Fabricius, 1775)

Description

Hyperalonia morio is a large bee fly with a bluish black body and a yellow head. Wings are dark bluish, with hyaline areas.[2]

A male of Hyperalonia morio patrolling a patch of vegetation near the visitor center of Quebrada de las Higueritas in Lujan, San Luis, Argentina

Biology

Hyperalonia morio are flower feeders, subsisting on pollen and nectar. These bombyliid flies are only parasitic flies, mainly projecting the eggs into the nest opening of Rubrica nasuta while they are in flight. The 1st instar larvae overwinter feeding on the larvae of their hosts until the following spring.[3][4]

Distribution

This species is the most widely distributed in South America. It is present in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.[5][6]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
  3. DIPTERA, Bombyliidae
  4. Richard Mitchell Bohart,Arnold S. Menke Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision
  5. Catalogue of life
  6. GBIF
  • Systema Dipterorum. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds)
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