Biology:Astrophanes adonis

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Astrophanes adonis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Astrophanes
Species:
A. adonis
Binomial name
Astrophanes adonis
Osten-Sacken, 1886[1]

Astrophanes adonis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1] It is found in western North America from British Columbia, Canada south to Mexico, and as far east as Kansas in the United States.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Osten Sacken, C.R. (1886). "Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana.". Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera 1: 105–128. 
  2. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (1999). World catalog of the bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. xlviii + 756 pp.. 

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