Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.[1][2]

Lomatia belzebul
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L. belzebul
Binomial name
Lomatia belzebul
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Lomatia loewi Paramonov, 1931
  • Lomatia paramonovi Evenhuis, 1978

Distribution

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This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.[3]

 
Lomatia belzebul, male

Description

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The adults grow up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. Body is shining black. In males the thorax shows black hairs, tawny in females. The wings have a wide brown band close to costal margin. The abdomen is black, with yellow bord of the segments, except the first segment.[4]

The striped abdomen can confuse these flies with some Hymenoptera for predators.

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