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Hyperalonia
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Hyperalonia

Hyperalonia is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.

Hyperalonia is one of the most striking genera of bee flies that can be found in the Neotropical region. The species included in this genus have a large bluish black body with several tufts of red and white hairs, bluish black wings and a yellow head with dark blue eyes.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hyperalonia morio

speciesHyperalonia morio

Hyperalonia chilensis

speciesHyperalonia chilensis

Hyperalonia ater

speciesHyperalonia ater

Hyperalonia surinamensis

speciesHyperalonia surinamensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489011.