Mallophora

Mallophora

Mallophora bomboides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Asilinae
Genus:	Mallophora

Mallophora is a genus of bee killers in the family Asilidae. There are about 60 described species in Mallophora.

Mallophora orcina

Selected species

Mallophora ardens Macquart, 1834
Mallophora atra Macquart, 1834 (black bee killer)
Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann, 1821) (Florida bee killer)
Mallophora fautrix Osten Sacken, 1887
Mallophora fulviventris Macquart, 1850
Mallophora leschenaulti Macquart, 1838 (belzebul bee-eater)
Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann, 1828) (southern bee killer)
Mallophora thompsoni Artigas and Angulo, 1980
Mallophora ruficauda Wiedemann, 1828

References

1 2 Steck, Gary J. (31 December 1969). "Bee Killers, Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann), Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann), and Malophora nigra Williston (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)". EDIS. 2005 (3). University of Florida George A Smathers Libraries. doi:10.32473/edis-in591-2004. ISSN 2576-0009.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

"Diptera.info". Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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Taxon identifiers
Mallophora	Wikidata: Q10323376 Wikispecies: Mallophora (Asilidae) BOLD: 300735 BugGuide: 6695 CoL: 5KMS EoL: 54637 GBIF (old): 1665349 iNaturalist: 61636 Insecta.pro: 888387 IRMNG: 1258735 ITIS: 133767 NCBI: 270862 Open Tree of Life: 837962 Plazi: A1200149-FFE3-4816-DAB8-8018FE8FF82C

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