Sinuous Bee Fly
Hemipenthes sinuosa Wiedemann, 1821
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Hemipenthes sinuosa
Hemipenthes sinuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Hemipenthes
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H. sinuosa
Binomial name
Hemipenthes sinuosa
(Wiedemann, 1821)

Hemipenthes sinuosa, the sinuous bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[1][2] It is found across North America, including Mexico, the United States, and Canada.[2] It is very similar to the species H. jaennickeana but differs in its wing venation.[3]

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  1. ^ "Hemipenthes sinuosa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. ^ a b Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  3. ^ Ávalos-Hernández, O. (2009) A review of the North American species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Zootaxa 2074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2074.1.1
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