Dipalta is a genus of flies

Fließ

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 belonging to the family Bombyliidae

Bombyliidae

Bombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...

 (bee-flies). The genus is closely related to Villa

Villa (insect)

Villa is a genus of flies belonging to the bee-fly family . They range in size from , and have typically rounded heads. The males of some species have a brilliant mat of silvery patagial scales. Villa species are found on all continents except Antarctica...

Description

Medium sized flies, with a conical

Cone (geometry)

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 face. and 3 marginal wing cells, on mottled wings with erratic wing vaination. Wing length 10-13mm, body length 9-10mm. Both species and very variable, Hull suggests there could be other species, or only one very variable one.

Distribution

One species is from Mexico

Mexico

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 and the western United States

United States

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. and the other from Virginia

Virginia

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 and Ohio

Ohio

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.

Ecology

Adults are found on low growing flowers in desert areas. Lava

Lava

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e are parasitic on ant lions.

Species

• D. banksi Johnson, 1921
• D. serpentina Osten Sacken
  Karl Robert Osten-Sacken
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  , 1877