Dipalta
| Dipalta | |
|---|---|
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| Dipalta sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Asilomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Asiloidea |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Exoprosopini |
| Genus: | Dipalta Osten Sacken, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Dipalta serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877[1] | |
Dipalta is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). The genus is closely related to Villa[1]
Description
These medium-sized flies, with conical faces, have three marginal wing cells on mottled wings with erratic wing veination. Wing length is 10-13 mm, and body length is 9-10 mm. The species are very variable; Hull suggests there could be other species, or only one very variable one.[1]
Distribution
One species is from Mexico and the western United States. and the other from Virginia and Ohio.[1]
Ecology
Adults are found on low growing flowers in desert areas. Larvae are parasitic on ant lions.[1]
Species
- D. banksi Johnson, 1921
- D. serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877
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References
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