Lomatia belzebul is a species of 'bee fliy' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Lomatiinae.BioLibCatalogue of life
Distribution This species is mainly present in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, southern Russia, Spain, Switzerland, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.Fauna europaea
Description The adults grow up to long. Body is shining black. In males the thorax shows black hairs, tawny in females. The wings have a wide brown band close to costal margin. The abdomen is black, with yellow bord of the segments, except the first segment.Justin Macquart Histoire naturelle des insectes: Diptères, Volume 1
The striped abdomen can confuse these flies with some Hymenoptera for predators.
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