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| Exoprosopa jacchus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Exoprosopa |
| Species: | E. jacchus |
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| Exoprosopa jacchus (Fabricius, 1805) | |
Exoprosopa jacchus is a species of bee fly belonging to the family Bombyliidae, in subfamily Anthracinae.
Commonly named the silvery bee-fly, this species is present in most of Europe.
The average body length of the adults reaches 12 millimetres (0.47 in). The head and the thorax are dark-brown. The thorax is quite hairy and marked by silvery-white scales. The abdomen is blackish with a few silver hair stripes and it is hairy on the sides. The wings are mottled light and dark-brown, with hyaline patches on the front border cell (R1). The third segment of the antennae is longer than the fourth.
References
- Mark van Veen, Zeist - Exoprosopa Keys
External links
- Biolib
- Fauna Europaea Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Macroinstantes
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