Definition of Family Bombyliidae

1. Noun. Bee flies.

Exact synonyms: Bombyliidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Bee Fly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Bombyliidae

family Bennettitaceae
family Berberidaceae
family Betulaceae
family Bible
family Bignoniaceae
family Bittacidae
family Blastodiaceae
family Blattidae
family Blechnaceae
family Blenniidae
family Boidae
family Boletaceae
family Bombacaceae
family Bombycidae
family Bombycillidae
family Bombyliidae (current term)
family Boraginaceae
family Bothidae
family Bovidae
family Bradypodidae
family Bramidae
family Branchiobdellidae
family Branchiostegidae
family Branchiostomidae
family Brevicipitidae
family Bromeliaceae
family Brotulidae
family Bruchidae
family Bryaceae

Literary usage of Family Bombyliidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"The members of the family Bombyliidae are commonly known as the "bee-flies" because of their superficial resemblance to the bees. ..."

2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... resemble somewhat in general appearance certain wild bees or the bee-flies of the family Bombyliidae. Their mouth parts are frequently of great length ..."

3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"The bee flies (family Bombyliidae) are medium sized (8-15 mm), usually stout bodied, hairy, and with banded wings. Many species have an elongate proboscis ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"A new Genus and some new Species Belonging to the Dipterous family Bombyliidae. By ET CRESSON, JR., Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ..."

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