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FAMILY CONOPIDAE
Mark P. van Veen and Paul L.Th. Beuk Version date: 15-12-2016 19:27

Diagnosis. Small to large (3.0-20.0 mm), slender to stout flies, either with a brownish body or mimicking wasps with a black and yellow pattern. Head with long, chitinised rostrum, which is bend once or twice, only Leopoldius with short, soft rostrum. Wing membrane hyaline in most species but with dark markings in some; venation resembling that of Syrphidae very much but venia spuria absent. Legs strong. Female abdomen with fifth sternite developed into theca, a pointed or flattened structure with rows of small setae used to fix the abdomen of the host during oviposition. Larvae are oval-shaped. The third stage extends the head into a long 'snout'.

Biology. Conopidae are parasitoids of bees and bumble bees (Apioidea). Eggs are deposited in the abdomen of the host in flight. Female Conopidae hold the body of the host with the theca and puncture the membrane between the tergites to deposit a single egg. The larvae pupates when the host dies. The pupa hibernates. Adults are flower visitors.

General references. De Bree et al. (2014b [Leopoldius]), Chvála (1961 [Conopinae], 1965 [Myopinae, Dalmaniinae]), Chvála & Smith (1988 [catalogue]), Kröber (1925 [general, keys], 1930 [keys]), Mei & Stuke (2008 [Zodion]), J.T. Smit (2013b [key]), Smith & Peterson (1987 [general, key to genera]), Stuke & Clements (2008 [Myopa]), Van Veen (1984 [keys]).

References to the local fauna. Van Aartsen (1997), De Bree (2012), De Bree & J.T. Smit (2012), De Bree et al. (2014b), Cock (1954a), Geurts (1953), Van der Goot (1982a), Meuffels (1967), Petit (1985), J.T. Smit (2013b), Stuke & Van Eck (2009), Stuke & Clements (2008), Stuke et al. (2010), Theowald (1952c, 1952d, 1953), Van Veen (1984).
 
Remarks. Original data by Van Veen, corrections and updates (publication years marked in red) by Beuk.

How to quote this page: Veen, M.P. van, & P.L.Th. Beuk, 2016. Family Conopidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Conopidae (date accessed: 28/04/2025).

NL: 38 B: 16 D: 38 UK: 23 World: 800
 
CONOPIDAE
 
CONOPINAE
                 
  Abrachyglossum Kröber, 1919
  capitatum (Loew, 1874) N; added by De Bree (2012: 53
                 
  Conops Linnaeus, 1758
  flavipes Linnaeus, 1758
  quadrifasciatus De Geer, 1776
  scutellatus Meigen, 1804 N; added by Meuffels (1967: 29
  strigatus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1834
  = trifasciatus (Meigen in Gistle, 1835): preocc.
  vesicularis Linnaeus, 1761
  = ferrugineus Macquart, 1834: preocc.
                 
  Leopoldius Rondani, 1845
  = Brachiglossum Rondani, 1856
  = Brachyglossum Rondani, 1856: emend.
  brevirostris (Germar, 1827) N; added by Van Aartsen (1997: 8 Note 1
  calceatus (Rondani, 1857) N; added by J.T. Smit et al. (2016: 40
  coronatus Rondani, 1857 N; added by Van Aartsen (1997: 8
  diadematus Rondani, 1845 informally added here: http://www.dipter...d_id=74347 
  signatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824) N; added as brevirostris by Theowald (1952c: 58 Note 2
  = brevirostris (Germar, 1827): misident.
  valvatus Kröber, 1924 N; added by Stuke et al. (2010: 9
                 
  Physocephala Schiner, 1861
  chrysorrhoea (Meigen, 1824)
  nigra (De Geer, 1776)
  rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)
  vittata (Fabricius, 1794)
 
DALMANNIINAE
                 
  Dalmannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  punctata (Fabricius, 1794)
 
MYOPINAE
                 
  Myopa Fabricius, 1775
  buccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  dorsalis Fabricius, 1794
  fasciata Meigen, 1804
  hirsuta Stuke & Clements, 2008 N; added as strandi by Van der Goot (1982a: 9
  = strandi Duda, 1940: misident. sensu auct. Note 3
  morio Meigen, 1804 N; added by Van Aartsen (1997: 9
  pellucida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 N; added as extricata by Van Veen (1984: 22 Note 4
  = extricata Collin, 1960
  polystigma Rondani, 1857
  tessellatipennis Motschulsky, 1859 N; added by Van Veen (1984: 22
  testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  variegata (Meigen, 1804) N; added by Geurts (1953: 98 Note 5
  vicaria Walker, 1849 N; added by Van Veen (1984: 22
                 
  Sicus Scopoli, 1763
  ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  fusenensis Ôuchi, 1939 N; first (?) recorded by J.T. Smit (2013b
                 
  Thecophora Rondani, 1845
  = Occemyia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853
  atra (Fabricius, 1775)
  bimaculata (Preyssler, 1791) N; first (?) recorded by J.T. Smit (2013b
  cinerascens (Meigen, 1804) Note 6
  = pusilla (Meigen, 1824)
  distincta (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824) N; added as melanopa by Van Veen (1984: 22 Note 7
  = melanopa Rondani, 1857
  fulvipes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) N; added as sundewalli by Theowald (1953: 67) and Geurts (1953: 98 Note 5
  = sundewalli (Zetterstedt, 1844)
  jakutica Zimina, 1974 N; first (?) recorded by J.T. Smit (2013b
                 
  Zodion Latreille, 1796
  cinereum (Fabricius, 1794)
  = notatum (Meigen, 1804) Note 8
  kroeberi Szilady, 1926 N; added by De Bree & J.T. Smit (2012: 55
 
Deleted species
 
  Conops Linnaeus, 1758  
  vitellinus Loew, 1847   Note 9
 
Notes
Note 1 Earlier recorded material under this name by Theowald (1952c: 58) turned out to belong to .
Note 2 Again added as brevirostris by Theowald (1952d: 131).
Note 3 Misidentification pointed out by Stuke & Clements (2008).
Note 4 Synonymy pointed out by Stuke & Clements (2005: 7).
Note 5 Again added by Cock (1954a: 32).
Note 6 Synonymy pointed out by Stuke (2006: 271)
Note 7 Again added as distincta by Petit (1985: 20). Synonymy of melanopa with distincta established by Stuke (2016).
Note 8 Synonymy pointed out by Mei & Stuke (2008).
Note 9 This species was recorded from the Netherlands by Chvála & Smith (1988: 251) but no Dutch material of this Mediterranean species is known to the author.
 
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