Hemipenthes sinuosa (Wiedemann, 1821)

Sinuous Bee Fly

Synonyms: Anthrax sinuosa, Anthrax nycthemera, Anthrax concisa, Anthrax assimilis, Villa assimilis, Villa concisa, Villa nycthemera, Villa sinuosa, Hemipenthes nycthemera, Hemipenthes concisa, Hemipenthes assimilis

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Diptera

Family: Bombyliidae

Genus: Hemipenthes

Species: Hemipenthes sinuosa

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Hemipenthes sinuosa