Biology:Physocephala sagittaria

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Short description: Species of fly

Physocephala sagittaria
Thick-headed Fly - Flickr - treegrow.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Genus: Physocephala
Species:
P. sagittaria
Binomial name
Physocephala sagittaria
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conops genualis Conops aethiops
  • Walker, 1849 Loew, 1853
  • Loew, 1853 Conops sagittaria
  • Conops dimidiata Say, 1823
  • Conops castanoptera Walker, 1852
  • Van Duzee, 1934 Physocephala ruficornis

Physocephala sagittaria is a species of thick-headed fly in the family Conopidae.[1][2][3] Larvae develop and pupate within the bodies of Bombus auricomus bees.[4]

Thick-headed Fly - Physocephala sagittaria, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Physocephala sagittaria Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=141843. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  2. "Physocephala sagittaria". https://www.gbif.org/species/1568870. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  3. Frison, Theodore H. (1 June 1926). "Contribution to the Knowledge of the Interrelations of the Bumblebees of Illinois with Their Animate Environment.*". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 19 (2): 203–235. doi:10.1093/aesa/19.2.203. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13905749 entry