Kingdom Animalia Suborder Brachycera Superfamily Asiloidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Infraorder Asilomorpha Family Bombyliidae Genus Ligyra Order Fly | |
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Similar Fly, Phytomia, Promachus yesonicus, Promachus, Bombyliidae | ||
Ligyra bee fly ligyra tantalus
Ligyra tantalus is a species of insect in the Bombyliidae family, commonly known as bee flies. It has an orange and brown thorax and a black abdomen with a white ring and four spots on it, although the rearmost two spots can be joined together in some specimens. The wings are purplish-black and swept back from the body when at rest.
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ligyra tantalus
Distribution
It is found in Asia in areas such as China (mainland) and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines (Palawan), Taiwan, and Thailand and also in Australia.
References
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