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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: 53 | Mentions: 57

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

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Publications (53)

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

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

Co-occurring Species

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

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

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination

1985EvolutionRole: text_match

Bombyliidae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

Publications (53)

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

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

Co-occurring Species

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Bumble Bees

Two-form Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Bombus vagans

Bombus

Bombus sylvicola

Andrenidae

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

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

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination