Exoprosopa

Exoprosopa
Exoprosopa italica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Exoprosopini
Genus: Exoprosopa
Macquart, 1840
Type species
Bibio capucina
Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms
  • Litorhynchus Macquart, 1840
  • Trinaria Mulsant, 1852
  • Argyrospila Rondani, 1856
  • Defilippia Lioy, 1864
  • Litorrhynchus Verrall in Scudder, 1882
  • Exoptata Coquillett, 1887
  • Cladodisca Bezzi, 1922
  • Litomyza Hull, 1973[1]
Exoprosopa caliptera in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, US - note the silvery mirror stripes formed by patches of specialized hairs modified into reflecting scales

Exoprosopa is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies), with over 325 described species.[2] The genus parasitizes a wide range of insects, including locust and larvae of wasps.

  1. ^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. 2003. pp. 291–535. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  2. ^ 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.