Conops Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Conops ceriaeformis
a thick-headed fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Conops flavipes
a thick-headed fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 19 images
Conops quadrifasciatus
a thick-headed fly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 40 images 1 ident. refs
Conops vitellinus
(A Thick-headed Fly)
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusConops (a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers)
FamilyCONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies, or beegrabbers and waspgrabbers)
SuperfamilyCONOPOIDEA (thick-headed flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Conops (a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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