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Genus: Philoliche (long-tongued
horseflies)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Antliophora
> Diptera (flies) >
Brachycera > Tabanomorpha > Family:
Tabanidae
 Philoliche
sp., in mesic mountain fynbos. |
 Philoliche
sp., in mesic mountain fynbos. |
A number of species in this genus are important
pollinators of long-tubed flowers in Succulent Karoo and Fynbos.
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