Bombylius incanus
| Bombylius incanus | |
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| Bombylius incanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Bombyliini |
| Genus: | Bombylius |
| Species: | B. incanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bombylius incanus Johnson, 1907 | |
Bombylius incanus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] It was described from Massachusetts in 1907.[5][6]
Taxonomy
Bombylius incanus was described by Charles Willison Johnson in 1907 in a review of eastern United States species of Bombylius.[5] It is placed in the subgenus Zephyrectes as Bombylius (Zephyrectes) incanus.[7][4][8] The holotype is held in the entomology collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and was collected at Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 27 June 1904.[6]
Description
Bombylius incanus is a pale, white-pilose bee fly: the face and cheeks are clothed with white pile, the body pile is mostly white, and the mesonotum and posterior margins of the abdominal tergites bear scattered black to brown pile.[5][9] The wings are unspotted and extensively darkened basally, with the infuscated basal area gradually blending into the clearer distal portion of the wing.[9]
Its predominantly white pile separates it from similar eastern North American Bombylius species with darker facial pile or more yellowish dorsal pile.[9] Adults measure about 8–10 mm long.[9]
Distribution and habitat
Bombylius incanus is a Nearctic bee fly of the eastern United States, recorded from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, and New York.[8] It is shore-associated, with records concentrated mainly in coastal or dune habitats.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Bombylius incanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Bombylius incanus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ↑ "Bombylius incanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 "Bombylius incanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 3 Johnson, Charles W. (1907). "A review of the species of the genus Bombylius of the eastern United States". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 14 (5): 95–100. doi:10.1155/1907/53831. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
- 1 2 "MCZbase MCZ:Ent:7553 specimen record". MCZbase. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
- ↑ Evenhuis, Neal L. (1983). "Notes on the subgenus Bombylius (Zephyrectes) (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 58 (3): 236–239. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
- 1 2 Evenhuis, Neal L.; Greathead, David J. "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kits, Joel H.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2008). "The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a key to the species of eastern Canada". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 6. doi:10.3752/cjai.2008.06. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
- ↑ Schlesinger, Matthew D.; Gibbs, Jason; Sheffield, Cory S.; Vickruck, Jessica L.; Arduser, Mike; Ascher, John S. (2023). "A multi-taxonomic survey to determine the conservation status of native pollinators". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11 1274680. Bibcode:2023FrEEv..1174680S. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1274680.
