Lomatia belzebul (Fabricius 1794)

Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.^[1][2]

Distribution

This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm, 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.

References

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Lomatia belzebul adalah spesies lalat yang berasal dari genus Lomatia dan famili Bombyliidae. Lalat ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Diptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Lalat ini biasanya memakan nektar dan polen yang ada dalam bunga.

Referensi

• Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Diakses pada 24 September 2012.

Lomatia belzebul is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de wolzwevers (Bombyliidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1794 door Fabricius.