bee fly
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editEtymology
editFrom bee + fly. Compare Icelandic býfluga.
Noun
edit- Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.
- 2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO[1]:
- Bee flies are a group of flies that look like bees, presumably to avoid being eaten by birds, who know that bees sting. The Nightking bee fly is known only from a small area in Western Australia, is around 1 cm long and can only be found during winter.
- 2019 July 1, Lauren M. Johnson, “New species of bee fly named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character”, in CNN[2]:
- “Xuankun Li, who named the bee fly Paramonovius nightking, is a PhD student at CSIRO and a huge fan of ‘Game of Thrones,’ proving that inspiration for new species names can come from anywhere,” entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard said in a statement.
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