Ligyra tantalus
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| Ligyra tantalus | |
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| Ligyra bee fly (Ligyra tantalus) in Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Ligyra |
| Species: | L. tantalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligyra tantalus (Fabricius, 1794) | |
Ligyra tantalus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1] It has an orange and brown thorax and a black abdomen with a white band and four spots, although the rearmost two spots may be fused in some specimens. The wings are purplish black and are swept back when at rest.
