Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.[1][2]
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| Species: | L. belzebul
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| Lomatia belzebul (Fabricius, 1794)
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Distribution
editThis 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]
Description
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ BioLib
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Justin Macquart Histoire naturelle des insectes: Diptères, Volume 1
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