Common name: Beautiful Bee Fly

Scientific name: Bombylius pulchellus Loew, 1863

Class:

Insecta (Insects)

Order:

Diptera (Flies and Keds)

Family:

Bombyliidae

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Other common names:

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

GNR

Not Ranked - Global conservation status not yet assessed.

State conservation status rank:

SH

Historical (Possibly extirpated) in New York - Missing from New York; known only from historical records (more than 30 years ago), but still some possibility of rediscovery upon further searching.

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Not Listed

Not listed or protected by New York State.

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

Y: Track all extant and selected historical EOs

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.917833/Bombylius_pulchellus/