Dipalta
| Dipalta | |
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| Dipalta sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Dipalta Osten Sacken, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Dipalta serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877[1]
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Adults are found pollinating low growing flowers in desert areas. Larvae are parasitic on ant lions.[1]
Species
[edit]- D. banksi Johnson, 1921
- D. serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2024-12-30.