Conops flavipes

Conops flavipes
Conops flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Conopidae
Subfamily: Conopinae
Tribe: Conopini
Genus: Conops
Subgenus: Conops
Species: C. flavipes
Binomial name
Conops flavipes
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Conops melanocephala Meigen, 1804

Conops flavipes is a species of fly from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.[1]

References

Conops flavipes
  1. Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
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