Systoechus candidulus
Appearance
Systoechus candidulus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Bombyliini |
Genus: | Systoechus |
Species: | S. candidulus
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Binomial name | |
Systoechus candidulus Loew, 1863
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Systoechus candidulus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Ontario, Canada, and across most of the United States.[4] Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Systoechus candidulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systoechus candidulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systoechus candidulus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Painter, Reginald H. (1962). "The taxonomy and biology of Systoechus and Anastoechus Bombyliid (Diptera) predators in grasshopper egg pods". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 35 (2): 255–269.
External links
[edit]Media related to Systoechus candidulus at Wikimedia Commons