Conops is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae. The larvae of Conops are parasitic on bees, especially bumblebees. Adults feed on nectar.[1]
Conops | |
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Conops flavipes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Conopidae |
Subfamily: | Conopinae |
Tribe: | Conopini |
Genus: | Conops Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
C. flavipes | |
Subgenera | |
Synonyms | |
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Species
edit- Subgenus Conops Linnaeus, 1758
- C. ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824
- C. flavicaudus (Bigot, 1880)
- C. flavipes Linnaeus, 1758
- C. maculatus Macquart, 1834
- C. quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
- C. rufiventris Macquart, 1849
- C. silaceus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
- C. scutellatus Meigen, 1804
- C. strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
- C. vesicularis Linnaeus, 1761
- C. vitellinus Loew, 1847
- Subgenus Asiconops Chen, 1939
- C. elegans Meigen, 1824
- C. flavifrons Meigen, 1824
- C. insignis Loew, 1848
- C. longiventris Kröber, 1916
- C. weinbergae Camras & Chvála, 1984
References
edit- ^ Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.