Conops
| Conops | |
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| Conops flavipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Conopidae |
| Subfamily: | Conopinae |
| Tribe: | Conopini |
| Genus: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| C. flavipes | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Conops is a genus of flies from the family Conopidae. The larvae of Conops are parasitic on bees, especially bumblebees. Adults feed on nectar.[1]
Species
- Subgenus Conops Linnaeus, 1758
- C. ceriaeformis Meigen, 1824
- C. flavicaudus (Bigot, 1880)
- C. flavipes Linnaeus, 1758
- C. maculatus Macquart, 1834
- C. quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
- C. rufiventris Macquart, 1849
- C. silaceus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
- C. scutellatus Meigen, 1804
- C. strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824
- C. vesicularis Linnaeus, 1761
- C. vitellinus Loew, 1847
- Subgenus Asiconops Chen, 1939
- C. elegans Meigen, 1824
- C. flavifrons Meigen, 1824
- C. insignis Loew, 1848
- C. longiventris Kröber, 1916
- C. weinbergae Camras & Chvála, 1984
References
- ^ 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.