Heterostylum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Bombyliidae
- Genus
- Heterostylum
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Heterostylum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Heterostylum
Heterostylum is a genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies). There are 14 described species, distributed throughout the Americas. These are robust and very hairy flies with a body length of 10–15 mm. They can be distinguished from similar genera by an indentation in the hind margin of the eye and unique wing venation.
Larvae of the genus feed on mining bees.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Anastoechus
- Australoechus
- Beckerellus
- Bombomyia
- Bombylella
- Bombylisoma
- Bombylius
- Choristus
- Cryomyia
- Dissodesma
- Doliogethes
- Efflatounia
- Eremyia
- Eristalopsis
- Euchariomyia
- Eurycarenus
- Heterostylum
- Karakumia
- Lambkinomyia
- Lepidochlanus
- Mandella
- Meomyia
- Nectaropota
- Neobombylodes
- Nigromyia
- Parachistus
- Parasystoechus
- Parisus
- Semistoechus
- Staurostichus
- Systoechus
- Tovlinius
- Triplasius
- Triploechus
- Xerachistus
- Zentamyia
- Zinnomyia














































