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The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
CJAI 06 March 06, 2008
doi: 10.3752/cjai.2008.06
Joel H. Kits* , Stephen A. Marshall* , and Neal L. Evenhuis**
* Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone
Rd. E., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada jkits@uoguelph.ca, samarsha@uoguelph.ca
** Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, USA neale@bishopmuseum.org
4. Key to the Systoechus species of Ontario and eastern Canada
Larvae feed on grasshopper egg pods. Adults fly late June – mid Aug. Key based on Hall and Evenhuis (1981).
| 1. | Face with yellow and black pile (Figure 35c); body pile yellow (Figure 35a) | vulgaris |
| 5-10 mm. Southern Ontario, north to north shore of Georgian Bay (central U.S. to southern Canada). | ||
| - | Face with entirely black pile (Figure 35d); body pile white (Figure 35b) | candidulus |
| 7-9 mm. Southern Ontario, rarely collected (also central U.S. north to Wisconsin). |
