Heterostylum

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Heterostylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Superfamily: Asiloidea
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Heterostylum
Macquart, 1848

Heterostylum is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are 14 described species, distributed throughout the Americas. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10-15 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera by an indentation in the hind margin of the eye.

[edit] Species

  • Heterostylum bicolor
  • Heterostylum croceum
  • Heterostylum deani
  • Heterostylum duocolor
  • Heterostylum engelhardti
  • Heterostylum evenhuisi
  • Heterostylum ferrugineum
  • Heterostylum haemorrhoicum
  • Heterostylum helvolum
  • Heterostylum hirsutum
  • Heterostylum maculipennis
  • Heterostylum pallipes
  • Heterostylum robustum
  • Heterostylum rufum

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