Huron Shore Bee Fly
Dipalta banksi Johnson, 1921
Huron Shore Bee Fly: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/17533
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Status

Very limited known range apparently restricted to sand dunes with or without vegetation (BugGuide).

Relationships

Larvae are parasitoids of pupal antlions!

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Dipalta banksi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Dipalta
Species:
D. banksi
Binomial name
Dipalta banksi
Johnson, 1921

Dipalta banksi, the Huron shore bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4]

Huron shore bee fly, Dipalta banksi

It is found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States in sand dune habitats.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dipalta banksi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. ^ "Dipalta banksi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ^ "Dipalta banksi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ^ "Dipalta banksi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ^ Avalos-Hernández, O; Kits, J; Trujano-Ortega, M; García-Vázquez, UO; Cano-Santana, Z (2014). "New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico". ZooKeys (422): 49–85. Bibcode:2014ZooK..422...49A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.422.7598. PMC 4109446. PMID 25061389.
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