Dipalta serpentina
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| Dipalta serpentina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Dipalta |
| Species: | D. serpentina |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipalta serpentina Osten Sacken, 1877 | |
Dipalta serpentina is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] It is widespread in North America from British Columbia, Canada south and east through most of the United States to Florida, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, and Honduras.[5] It is a parasitoid of antlion species such as Myrmeleon immaculatus.[6]
