Systoechus vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Bombyliini |
Genus: | Systoechus |
Species: | S. vulgaris |
Binomial name | |
Systoechus vulgaris Loew, 1863 |
Systoechus vulgaris, the grasshopper bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Canada and across most of the United States. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.
References
- "Systoechus vulgaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Systoechus vulgaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Systoechus vulgaris species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Painter, Reginald H. (1962). "The taxonomy and biology of Systoechus and Anastoechus Bombyliid (Diptera) predators in grasshopper egg pods". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 35 (2): 255–269.
- Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects: their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 9781770859623.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Systoechus vulgaris |
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