Family
Conopidae (Thick-headed flies)
Physocephala texana. Photo: (c) Bill Rodstrom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide in all the ecozones except for the poles and many of the Pacific islands. About 800 species in 47 genera are described worldwide, about 70 of which are found in North America. The majority of conopids are black and yellow, or black and white, and often strikingly resemble wasps,…
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