Myopa buccata

Myopa buccata
Myopa buccata
Myopa buccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Genus: Myopa
Species: M. buccata
Binomial name
Myopa buccata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Conops buccae Harris, 1776
  • Conops buccata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Myopa buccae (Harris, 1776)

Myopa buccata is a species of fly from the genus Myopa in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.[1]


References

  1. ^ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp. 
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