Diptera (Flies) of Orange County, California

Bombyliidae (Bee Flies) of Orange County, California
Clear wings
Aphoebantus borealis	Aphoebantus conurus	Aphoebantus interruptus male	Aphoebantus interruptus female	Aphoebantus sp.
Apolysis sp.	Geron sp.	Heterostylum robustum	Lordotus planus	Lordotus zona
Paracosmos sp.	Subfamily Phthiriinae	Toxophora sp.	Villa inops	Villa lateralis
Villa sp.	Villa sp.	Villa sp.	Villa sp.
Black patches
Hemipenthes lepidota	Hemipenthes sinuosa	Hemipenthes sp.	Thyridanthrax atratus	Villa Miscella
Tribe Villini #8
Part smoky wings
Aphoebantus transitus	Anthracine Bee Fly	Greater Bee Fly, Bombylius major	Bombylius (fascialis or lancifer)	Chrysanthrax (junctura?)
Chrysanthrax novus	Chrysanthrax vanus	Chrysanthrax sp.	Paravilla californica	Paravilla edititoides (flies in Fall)
Paravilla fulvicoma (flies in Spring)	Paravilla fumida	Paravilla fumosa	Paravilla splendida	Paravilla (syrtis?)
Paravilla sp.	Rhynchanthrax sp.	Thevenetimyia californica	Villa sp.
Smoky along wing veins
Lepidanthrax sp.	Pantarbes sp.	Paravilla tricellula	Villa sp.	Villa sp.
Tribe Villini #6	Tribe Villini #7
Spotted wings
Anthrax Bee Fly, Anthrax albofasciatus	Anthrax Bee Fly, Anthrax sp.	Anthrax Bee fly, Anthrax varicolor	Bombylius (albicapillus?)	Bombylius curtirhynchus
Bombylius pygmaeus	Geminaria canalis	Ligyra gazophylax	Neodiplocampta sp.	Thevenetimyia affinis
Xenox delila	Xenox habrosus	Unidentified Bee Fly #22
Picture wings
Conophorus fenestratus	Exoprosopa doris	Exoprosopa fascipennis	Exoprosopa (fasciata group)	Ligyra gazophylax
Poecilanthrax arethusa	Thyridanthrax nugator
Extremely fuzzy body
Bee fly, Anastoechus sp.
Bee Fly Behavior, by Hartmut Wisch and Ron Hemberger Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) and Ron Hemberger. Contact for originals. Back to Diptera of Orange County, California Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California