Stylogaster

Stylogaster
Stylogaster leonum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Subfamily: Stylogastrinae
Genus: Stylogaster
Macquart, 1835
Species

Many

Stylogaster species obtaining nectar from a self-heal flower

The conopid genus Stylogaster is a group of unusual flies. It is the only genus in the subfamily Stylogastrinae, which some authorities have historically treated as a separate family Stylogastridae (or Stylogasteridae).