Systropus macer
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| Systropus macer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Toxophorinae |
| Genus: | Systropus |
| Species: | S. macer |
| Binomial name | |
| Systropus macer Loew, 1863 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Systropus macer is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in eastern North America in Ontario, Canada, and in the United States from Massachusetts south to Georgia and Texas.[5] It is a parasitoid of Limacodidae caterpillars, including Adoneta spinuloides, Euclea delphinii, Lithacodes fasciola, Prolimacodes badia, and Parasa indetermina. [6]
