''Myopa'' is a
genus
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of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
from the
family
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Conopidae
The Conopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, are a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera, and the sole member of the superfamily Conopoidea. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide in all the bi ...
.

They are parasitic on honey bees ''Apis mellifera'', also ''Andrena'', and mustache bees ''Anthophora''.
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Species
*'' M. bohartorum'' Camras, 1953
*'' M. buccata'' (Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
)
*'' M. castanea'' (Bigot
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, 1887)
*'' M. clausa'' Loew, 1866
*'' M. curticornis'' Kröber, 1916
*'' M. curtirostris'' Kröber, 1916
*'' M. dorsalis'' Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...
, 1794
*'' M. extricata'' Collin, 1960
*'' M. fasciata'' Meigen, 1804
*'' M. fenestrata'' Coquillett
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, 1902
*'' M. flavopilosa'' Kröber, 1916
*'' M. longipilis'' Banks, 1916
*'' M. melanderi'' Banks, 1916
*'' M. metallica'' Camra, 1992
*'' M. minor'' Strobl
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, 1906
*'' M. mixta'' Frey
Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, and weather. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden an ...
, 1958
*'' M. morio'' Meigen, 1804
*'' M. occulta'' Wiedemann Wiedemann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
* Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
*Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), Ger ...
in Meigen, 1824
*'' M. perplexa'' Camras, 1953
*'' M. picta'' Panzer
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, 1798
*'' M. plebeia'' Williston, 1885
*'' M. polystigma'' Rondani, 1857
*'' M. rubida'' (Bigot
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, 1887)
*'' M. stigma'' Meigen, 1824
*'' M. strandi'' Duda
) (Polish, Ukrainian Carpathians)
* Diple ( Dalmatian Coast)
*Tulum (Turkish and Pontic)
*Tsambouna (Dodecanese and Cyclades)
*Askambandoura (Crete)
*Gajdy (Polish/Czech/Slovak)
*Gaita ( Galician)
*Surle (Serbian/Croatian)
*Mezoued/Zukra (Northern ...
, 1940
*'' M. tessellatipennis'' Motschulsky, 1859
*'' M. testacea'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1767)
*'' M. variegata'' Meigen, 1804
*'' M. vesiculosa'' Say, 1823
*'' M. vicaria'' Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849
*'' M. virginica'' Banks, 1916
References
Conopidae
Conopoidea genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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