Exoprosopa ialah genus lalat terdapat di seluruh dunia yang tergolong dalam keluarga Bombyliidae (lalat lebah). [2]

Exoprosopa
Exoprosopa italica
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Exoprosopa

Macquart, 1840
Spesies jenis
Bibio capucina
Fabricius, 1781
Sinonim
  • Litorhynchus Macquart, 1840
  • Trinaria Mulsant, 1852
  • Argyrospila Rondani, 1856
  • Defilippia Lioy, 1864
  • Litorrhynchus Verrall in Scudder, 1882
  • Exoptata Coquillett, 1887
  • Cladodisca Bezzi, 1922
  • Litomyza Hull, 1973[1]

Description sunting

They are mostly large flies, of about 14mm, sometimes larger, up to 22mm, though a few species are as small as 6mm. This genus contains the largest bee flies. The head is large and only loosely attached to the abdomen. the antenna are small and well separated and they have large wings, up to 64 mm in expanse on the very largest species. Many species are sexually dimorphic.[2]

Taburan sunting

Spesies ini dijumpai di seluruh dunia, dengan Selatan Afrika mempunyai 135 spesies. [2]

Spesies sunting

Rujukan sunting

  1. ^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (Catalog - part 3 (Anthracinae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bishop Museum. 2003. m/s. 291–535. Dicapai pada 6 Februari 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. m/s. 687 pp. ISBN 0874741319.