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Sparnopolius
Genus of bee flies

Sparnopolius is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are about 17 described species in Sparnopolius.
01Species
These 17 species belong to the genus Sparnopolius:
- Sparnopolius anomalus (Painter, 1940) i c g
- Sparnopolius cockerelli (Hesse, 1938) c g
- Sparnopolius coloradensis Grote, 1867 i c g
- Sparnopolius confusus (Wiedemann, 1824) i c g b
- Sparnopolius distinctus (Walker, 1852) c g
- Sparnopolius diversus Williston, 1901 i c g
- Sparnopolius heteropterus (Macquart, 1840) c
- Sparnopolius hyalinus (Fabricius, 1805) c g
- Sparnopolius hyalipennis (Macquart, 1846) c
- Sparnopolius inornatus (Walker, 1849) c g
- Sparnopolius karasanus (Hesse, 1938) c
- Sparnopolius leucopygus (Wulp, 1885) c g
- Sparnopolius megacephalus (Portschinsky, 1887) c g
- Sparnopolius nigracinctus (Roberts, 1929) c g
- Sparnopolius ochrobasis Hall and Evenhuis, 1982 i c g
- Sparnopolius permixtus (Hesse, 1938) c g
- Sparnopolius teniurostris (Roberts, 1928) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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