| Dipalta | |
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| Dipalta sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Dipalta Osten Sacken, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Dipalta serpentina Osten Sacken, 18771
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Dipalta is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are two described species of Dipalta.2 The genus is closely related to Villa.1
Description
These medium-sized flies have conical faces, and have three marginal wing cells on mottled wings with erratic wing venation. Wing length is 10–13 mm, and body length is 9–10 mm.1
Ecology
Adults are found pollinating low growing flowers in desert areas. Larvae are parasitic on ant lions.1
Species
- D. banksi Johnson, 1921
- D. serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877
References
References
- Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
- Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2024-12-30.