Lordotus Explained

Lordotus is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are at least 30 described species in Lordotus.

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Lordotus:

• Lordotus abdominalis Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus albidus Hall, 1954

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• Lordotus apicula Coquillett, 1887

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• Lordotus apiculus (Coquillett, 1887)

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• Lordotus arizonensis Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus arnaudi Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus bipartitus Painter, 1940

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• Lordotus bucerus Coquillett, 1894

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• Lordotus cingulatus Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus diplasus Hall, 1954

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• Lordotus diversus Coquillett, 1891

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• Lordotus divisus Cresson, 1919

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• Lordotus ermae Hall, 1952

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• Lordotus gibbus Loew, 1863

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• Lordotus hurdi Hall, 1957

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• Lordotus junceus Coquillett, 1891

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• Lordotus lineatus Johnson & Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus luteolus Hall, 1954

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• Lordotus lutescens Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus miscellus Coquillett, 1887

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• Lordotus nevadensis Hall and Evenhuis, 1982

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• Lordotus perplexus Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus planus Osten Sacken, 1877

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• Lordotus puella Williston, 1893

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• Lordotus pulchrissimus Williston, 1893

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• Lordotus rufotibialis Johnson and Johnson, 1959

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• Lordotus schlingeri Hall and Evenhuis, 1982

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• Lordotus sororculus Williston, 1893

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• Lordotus striatus Painter, 1940

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• Lordotus zona Coquillett, 1887

^{i c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. Wood . D.M.. 4. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. 978-0660121253.
• Yeates . David K.. Greathead . David. 1997. The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60. 2. 149–185. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. free.

External links

• Web site: 2018-03-20. Diptera.info.
• Web site: 2018-03-20. Evenhuis . N.L.. Greathead . D.J.. 2015. World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site.