Conops flavipes

Conops flavipes is a species of fly from the genus Conops in the family Conopidae. Their larvae are endoparasites of bumble bees of the genus Bombus. It is common throughout much of Europe.[1]

Conops flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Conopidae
Subfamily:
Conopinae
Tribe:
Conopini
Genus:
Conops
Subgenus:
Conops
Species:
C. flavipes
Binomial name
Conops flavipes
Synonyms
  • Conops melanocephala Meigen, 1804

References
  1. Smith, K.G.V. (1969). Diptera: Conopidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 3a. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 19 pp.
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