Family

Bombyliidae (Bee flies)

Hemipenthes sinuosa. Photo: (c) jmole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Bombyliidae are a family of flies. Their common name is bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae generally are parasitoids of other insects.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Diptera (Flies)
        Suborder: Brachycera (Brachyceran flies)
        Infraorder: Orthorrhapha (Orthorrhaphan flies)
        Superfamily: Asiloidea
        Family: Bombyliidae (Bee flies)
        Subfamily: Anthracinae (1)
        Subfamily: Bombyliinae (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Anthracinae

Subfamily: Bombyliinae

Where in Humboldt

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