Systoechus vulgaris, the grasshopper bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs. [5]
| Systoechus vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Bombyliini |
| Genus: | Systoechus |
| Species: | S. vulgaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Systoechus vulgaris Loew, 1863
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References
edit- ^ "Systoechus vulgaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systoechus vulgaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Systoechus vulgaris species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects: their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 9781770859623.
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