Myopa

Myopa is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae.[2]

Myopa
Myopa buccata
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Myopa

Type species
Conops buccatus

They are parasitic on honey bees Apis mellifera, also Andrena, and mustache bees Anthophora.[3]

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References

  1. Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
  3. Bugguide.net. Myopa
  4. Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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