Dipalta

Dipalta
Dipalta sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus:
Osten Sacken, 1877
Type species
Dipalta serpentina

Dipalta is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are two described species of Dipalta.[2] The genus is closely related to Villa.[1]

Description

These medium-sized flies have conical faces, and have three marginal wing cells on mottled wings with erratic wing venation. Wing length is 10–13 mm, and body length is 9–10 mm.[1]

Ecology

Adults are found pollinating low growing flowers in desert areas. Larvae are parasitic on ant lions.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2024-12-30.
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