Biology:Myopa buccata

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Short description: Species of fly

Myopa buccata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Genus: Myopa
Species:
M. buccata
Binomial name
Myopa buccata
Synonyms
  • Conops buccae Harris, 1776
  • Conops buccata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Myopa buccae (Harris, 1776)

The variegated spring beegrabber[1] (Myopa buccata) is a species of fly from the genus Myopa in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.[2]

References

  1. "Variegated Spring Beegrabber (Myopa buccata)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496693-Myopa-buccata. 
  2. Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp. 

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