Anthrax is a genus of bombyliid flies, commonly known as "bee-flies" due to their resemblance to bees. Most are dull black flies, and are usually small to medium in size, 4–20 millimetres (0.2–0.8 in), and many species have striking wing patterns.[5]
Anthrax | |
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Anthrax anthrax | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Anthracini |
Genus: | Anthrax Scopoli, 1763 |
Type species | |
Musca anthrax | |
Synonyms | |
Anthrax is a very large genus. While worldwide in distribution, most species are from the Palaearctic and Afrotropic regions. The genus includes species parasitic on tiger beetles – an unusual trait among the bee-flies. A. anthrax larvae parasitize bees. Many North American species parasitize solitary wasps.[6][7]
The type species is Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758, later found to be a misidentification of Musca anthrax Schrank, 1781.[8]
Species
- Anthrax actuosus Paramonov, 1935[9]
- Anthrax alagoezicus Paramonov, 1935[9]
- Anthrax albofasciatus Macquart, 1840[10]
- Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry, 2013[11]
- Anthrax analis Say, 1823[12]
- Anthrax anthrax (Schrank, 1781)[1]
- Anthrax argentatus (Cole, 1919)
- Anthrax artemesia Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax atriplex Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax aureosquamosus Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax bezzianus Paramonov, 1935[9]
- Anthrax binotatus Wiedemann in Meigen 1820[15]
- Anthrax bowdeni Báez, 1983
- Anthrax cascadensis Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax cathetodaithmos Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax chaparralus Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax chionostigma Tsacas, 1962
- Anthrax cintalapa Cole, 1957
- Anthrax columbiensis Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax cybele (Coquillett, 1894)
- Anthrax dentata Becker, 1907
- Anthrax distigma Wiedemann, 1828
- Anthrax francoisi Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999[7]
- Anthrax gideon Fabricius, 1805
- Anthrax giselae François, 1966
- Anthrax greatheadi El-Hawagry, 1998
- Anthrax innublipennis Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax johanni Zaitzev, 1997
- Anthrax koebelei Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax larrea Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax laticellus Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax melanopogon (Becker, 1892)
- Anthrax moursyi El-Hawagry, 1998
- Anthrax nidicola Cole, 1952
- Anthrax nigriventris Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax nitidus Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax oedipus Fabricius, 1805
- Anthrax painteri Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax pauper (Loew, 1869)[16]
- Anthrax pelopeius François, 1966
- Anthrax picea Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax pilosulus Strobl, 1902
- Anthrax plesius (Curran, 1927)
- Anthrax pluricellus Williston, 1901
- Anthrax pluto Wiedemann, 1828[17]
- Anthrax punctulatus Macquart, 1835
- Anthrax seriepunctatus (Osten Sacken, 1886)[18]
- Anthrax slossonae (Johnson, 1913)
- Anthrax snowi Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax stellans (Loew, 1869)[16]
- Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832
- Anthrax striatipennis Marston, 1970[14]
- Anthrax trifasciatus Meigen, 1804
- Anthrax vallicola Marston, 1963[13]
- Anthrax varius Fabricius, 1794
- Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859
- Anthrax zohrayensis El-Hawagry, 2002
- Anthrax zonabriphagus (Portchinsky, 1895
References
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