Dipalta

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Dipalta is a North American genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are two described species of Dipalta.[2] The genus is closely related to Villa.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Bombyliidae
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Dipalta
Dipalta sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Dipalta
Osten Sacken, 1877
Type species
Dipalta serpentina
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Description

These medium-sized flies have conical faces, and have three marginal wing cells on mottled wings with erratic wing venation. Wing length is 10–13 mm, and body length is 9–10 mm.[1]

Ecology

Adults are found pollinating low growing flowers in desert areas. Larvae are parasitic on ant lions.[1]

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