Biology:Anastoechus hessei

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Anastoechus hessei
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Bombyliini
Genus: Anastoechus
Species:
A. hessei
Binomial name
Anastoechus hessei
Hall, 1958
Synonyms[1]
  • Anastoechus deserticola Hall, 1956

Anastoechus hessei is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the southwestern United States from California to Texas.[5] Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Anastoechus hessei Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=134414. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  2. "Anastoechus hessei species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/70befd520d0a9b845a1ea9d1c5561a52. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  3. "Anastoechus hessei". https://www.gbif.org/species/1665813. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  4. "Anastoechus hessei Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/259861. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  5. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/bombcat/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  6. 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. 

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