Lepidophora

Lepidophora is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about nine described species in Lepidophora.[1][2][3][4]

Lepidophora
Lepidophora lepidocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Ecliminae
Genus: Lepidophora
Westwood, 1835

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Lepidophora:

  • Lepidophora aegeriiformis Westw. g
  • Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 g
  • Lepidophora cuneata Painter, 1939 c g
  • Lepidophora lepidocera (Wiedemann, 1828) i c g b (scaly bee fly)
  • Lepidophora lutea Painter, 1962 i c g b
  • Lepidophora secutor Walker, 1857 c g
  • Lepidophora sumptuosum (White, 1916) c g
  • Lepidophora trypoxylona Hall, 1981 c g
  • Lepidophora vetusta Walker, 1857 i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References
  1. "Lepidophora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. "Browse Lepidophora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  3. "Lepidophora". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. "Lepidophora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-28.

Further reading
  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
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