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Systoechus vulgaris

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Systoechus vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Bombyliini
Genus: Systoechus
Species:
S. vulgaris
Binomial name
Systoechus vulgaris
Loew, 1863

Systoechus vulgaris, the grasshopper bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs. [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Systoechus vulgaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Systoechus vulgaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects: their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 9781770859623.