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Bee Flies
Bombyliidae
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies. Their common name is bee flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae generally are parasitoids of other insects.
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Anthracinae
subfamilyAnthracinae
Bombyliinae
subfamilyBombyliinae
Toxophorinae
subfamilyToxophorinae
Phthiriinae
subfamilyPhthiriinae
Lomatiinae
subfamilyLomatiinae
Usiinae
subfamilyUsiinae
Lordotinae
subfamilyLordotinae
Cythereinae
subfamilyCythereinae
Mariobezziinae
subfamilyMariobezziinae
Tomomyzinae
subfamilyTomomyzinae
Oniromyiinae
subfamilyOniromyiinae
Crocidiinae
subfamilyCrocidiinae
Heterotropinae
subfamilyHeterotropinae
Antoniinae
subfamilyAntoniinae
Xenoprosopinae
subfamilyXenoprosopinae
Oligodraninae
subfamilyOligodraninae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Bombyliidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51558.