Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Bombyliidae (Bee flies)

Bombylius (Bombylius) major Linnaeus, 1758

Großer Wollschweber Large Bee-fly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Asilus lanigerus Geoffroy, 1785 | Bombylius aequalis Fabricius, 1781 | Bombylius albipectus Macquart, 1855 | Bombylius anonymus Sulzer, 1761 | Bombylius antenoreus Lioy, 1864 | Bombylius australis Loew, 1855 | Bombylius basilinea Loew, 1855 | Bombylius consanguineus Macquart, 1840 | Bombylius fratellus Wiedemann, 1828 | Bombylius notialis Evenhuis, 1978 | Bombylius sinuatus Mikan, 1796 | Bombylius variegatus De Geer, 1776 | Bombylius vicinus Macquart, 1840 |

  • Bombylius major, female 9211
    Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758  Großer Wollschweber  Large Bee-fly 
    Bombylius major, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2020-04-15 13:11:13
    Image number: 9211
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2020-04-15 13:11:13
  • Bombylius major, female 9212
    Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758  Großer Wollschweber  Large Bee-fly 
    Bombylius major, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-04-17 13:21:27
    Image number: 9212
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-04-17 13:21:27
  • Bombylius major, male 9236
    Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758  Großer Wollschweber  Large Bee-fly 
    Bombylius major, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Morgenleite; 2020-04-24 12:23:06
    Image number: 9236
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Morgenleite
    2020-04-24 12:23:06
  • Bombylius major, mating 10402
    Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758  Großer Wollschweber  Large Bee-fly 
    Bombylius major, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2022-04-18 12:48:28
    Image number: 10402
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2022-04-18 12:48:28
  • Bombylius major, mating 10403
    Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758  Großer Wollschweber  Large Bee-fly 
    Bombylius major, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2022-04-18 12:49:39
    Image number: 10403
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2022-04-18 12:49:39

Further vernacular names:
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Classification:
Bombylius major belongs to the subfamily Bombyliinae, tribe Bombyliini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  3. Klaus von der Dunk (1994): Bestimmungsschlüssel für Wollschweber (Diptera: Bombyliidae) – Galathea, Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen e.V. – 10: 39 - 48.
  4. David K. Yeates, David Greathead: The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1997), 60: 149-185.