Dipalta serpentina

Dipalta serpentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Dipalta
Species:
D. serpentina
Binomial name
Dipalta serpentina
Osten Sacken, 1877

Dipalta serpentina is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] It is widespread in North America from British Columbia, Canada south and east through most of the United States to Florida, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, and Honduras.[5] It is a parasitoid of antlion species such as Myrmeleon immaculatus.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Dipalta serpentina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ "Dipalta serpentina species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ "Dipalta serpentina". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "Dipalta serpentina Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  6. ^ Nartshuk, E. P.; Krivokhatsky, V. A.; Evenhuis, N. L. (2019). "First record of a bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) parasitic on antlions (Myrmeleontidae) in Russia". Russian Entomological Journal. 28: 189. doi:10.15298/rusentj.28.2.13. Retrieved 17 July 2024.


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