Lomatia belzebul
Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.[1][2]
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| Lomatia cf. belzebul, female | |
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| Genus: | Lomatia |
| Species: | L. belzebul |
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| Lomatia belzebul (Fabricius, 1794) | |
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Distribution
This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa.[3]
Lomatia belzebul, male
Description
The adults grow up to 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) long. Body is shining black. In males the thorax shows black hairs, tawny in females. The wings have a wide brown band close to costal margin. The abdomen is black, with yellow bord of the segments, except the first segment.[4]
The striped abdomen can confuse these flies with some Hymenoptera for predators.
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