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Myopa

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Myopa
Myopa buccata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Tribe: Myopini
Genus: Myopa
Fabricius, 1775[1]
Type species
Conops buccatus

Myopa is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.[2]

Myopa dorsalis

They are parasitic on honey bees Apis mellifera, also Andrena, and mustache bees Anthophora.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
  3. ^ Bugguide.net. Myopa
  4. ^ a b Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.; Barceló, MatíAs (25 May 2020). "Myopa nebulosa sp. nov. and Myopa bozinovici sp. nov. (Diptera: Conopidae): New thick-headed flies from a threatened biodiversity hotspot in central Chile". Zootaxa. 4780 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.4.
  5. ^ Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.