| Myopa | |
|---|---|
| |
| Myopa buccata | |
Scientific 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]
They are parasitic on honey bees Apis mellifera, also Andrena, and mustache bees Anthophora.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bugguide.net. Myopa