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Bombyliidae

Common names: bee flies

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Diptera > Bombyliidae

Roles: pollinator, study subject

ITIS TSN: 134153

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 67 | Mentions: 71

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

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Publications (67)

student_paper

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

Functional morphology of pollen capture in Syrphid flies (Diptera syrphidae): The effects of pile density and body region

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

2024Role: text_match

thesis

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

2024Role: text_match

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Apidae49 shared papers

Syrphidae

Syrphidae41 shared papers

solitary bees

36 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae32 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae32 shared papers

Hymenoptera

26 shared papers

Apis mellifera

Apidae25 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae25 shared papers

Linum lewisii

Linaceae25 shared papers

Polemoniaceae

Polemoniaceae24 shared papers

student_paper

Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

Temporal variation in high elevation plant-pollinator communities

2022Role: text_match

article

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

2021Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: pollinator

student_paper

Pollination Preferences of Geranium richardsonii Between Bee and Fly Species at High and Low Elevations

2021Role: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

article

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: text_match

article

Non-Bee Insects as Visitors and Pollinators of Crops: Biology, Ecology, and Management

2019Annual Review of EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Pollinator Community Compositions Across Four Subalpine Plant Species

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

article

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

2018Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Climate-Driven Changes in Co-flowering between Linum lewisii and Potentilla pulcherrima on Pollinator Services

2018Role: pollinator

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

article

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

article

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015EcologyRole: pollinator

student_paper

Effects of Bombus Pollinator Removal on Fly Foraging Behavior.

2015Role: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2014Role: text_match

article

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of Polemonium foliosissimum

2014Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection on floral traits of Linus lewisii along an elevational gradient.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of floral diversity and density on fly (Diptera:Bombyliidae and Syrphidae) floral foraging fidelity in subalpine meadows

2012Role: study subject

student_paper

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, Polemonium foliosissimum.

2012Role: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae)

2010Role: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

2009Role: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

article

Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa

2008BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007Role: text_match

article

Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Cardamine cordifolia Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

2004Role: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

2001Canadian EntomologistRole: text_match

article

North American dipteran pollinators: assessing their value and conservation status

2001Conservation EcologyRole: text_match

article

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Floral dimorphism, pollination, and self-fertilization in gynodioecious Geranium richardsonii (Geraniaceae)

2000American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Pollen presentation and pollination syndromes, with special reference to Penstemon

2000Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match

article

Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters

1996EcologyRole: text_match

article

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

1993NatureRole: text_match

article

Anthophilous fly distribution across an elevation gradient

1992American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with comparisons with montane Colorado, USA

1988Australian Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination

1985EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

Patchiness in the dispersion of nectar resources: evidence for hot and cold spots

1979OecologiaRole: text_match

Bombyliidae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

Publications (67)

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

Effects of water availability on the floral traits of Heterotheca villosa.

Salticidae and Flowers: Are Alpine Jumping Spiders Accidental Pollen Vectors

Within-day Variation in Pollinator Activity on Frasera speciosa in a Mast Year

Functional morphology of pollen capture in Syrphid flies (Diptera syrphidae): The effects of pile density and body region

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Syrphidae

solitary bees

Ipomopsis aggregata

Delphinium

Hymenoptera

Apis mellifera

Asteraceae

Linum lewisii

Polemoniaceae

Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

Temporal variation in high elevation plant-pollinator communities

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

Pollination Preferences of <i> Geranium richardsonii </i> Between Bee and Fly Species at High and Low Elevations

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Non-Bee Insects as Visitors and Pollinators of Crops: Biology, Ecology, and Management

Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

Pollinator Community Compositions Across Four Subalpine Plant Species

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

The Effects of Climate-Driven Changes in Co-flowering between <i>Linum lewisii</i> and <i>Potentilla pulcherrima</i> on Pollinator Services

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

Effects of Bombus Pollinator Removal on Fly Foraging Behavior.

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

Selection on floral traits of Linus lewisii along an elevational gradient.

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Effects of floral diversity and density on fly (<i>Diptera:Bombyliidae and Syrphidae</i>) floral foraging fidelity in subalpine meadows

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine <i>Viola praemorsa</i>

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

<i>Cardamine cordifolia</i> Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

North American dipteran pollinators: assessing their value and conservation status

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

Floral dimorphism, pollination, and self-fertilization in gynodioecious <i>Geranium richardsonii</i> (Geraniaceae)

Pollen presentation and pollination syndromes, with special reference to <i>Penstemon</i>

Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

Anthophilous fly distribution across an elevation gradient

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with comparisons with montane Colorado, USA

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction