Hyperalonia morio
Species of fly
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Hyperalonia morio is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.[1]
| Hyperalonia morio | |
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| Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Hyperalonia |
| Species: | H. morio |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyperalonia morio (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Description
Hyperalonia morio is a large bee fly with a bluish black body and a yellow head. Wings are dark bluish, with hyaline areas.[2]
Biology
Hyperalonia morio are flower feeders, subsisting on pollen and nectar. These bombyliid flies are only parasitic flies, mainly projecting the eggs into the nest opening of Rubrica nasuta while they are in flight. The 1st instar larvae overwinter feeding on the larvae of their hosts until the following spring.[3][4]
