title: Phthiria pulicaria
text: # Phthiria pulicaria
  
  Phthiria pulicaria is a species of ' bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe
  
  ## Description
  
  A tiny beefly 4-4.5mm long. "Scutellum all black or at the utmost with a yellow spot at its tip. Frons strongly prominent. Wings with the third posterior cell rather contracted towards the wingmargin."
  
  ## Biology
  
  Found on bare patches of sand amongst short herbage near coast sand-hills.
  
  