Anthrax (fly)

Anthrax
Anthrax anthrax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Anthracini
Genus: Anthrax
Scopoli, 1763
Type species
Anthrax anthrax
Scopoli, 1763
Synonyms
  • Chalcamoeba Sack, 1909
  • Chrysamoeba Sack, 1909

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.[1]

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.[2]

The type species is Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758, later found to be a misidentification of Musca anthrax Schrank, 1781.[3]

Species

  • Anthrax aethiops (Fabricius 1781)
  • Anthrax analis Say, 1823
  • Anthrax anthrax (Schrank 1781)
  • Anthrax argentatus (Cole, 1919)
  • Anthrax artemesia Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax atriplex Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax aureosquamosus Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax binotatus Wiedemann in Meigen 1820
  • Anthrax bowdeni Báez 1983
  • Anthrax cascadensis Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax cathetodaithmos Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax chaparralus Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax chionostigma Tsacas 1962
  • Anthrax cintalapa Cole, 1957
  • Anthrax columbiensis Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax cybele (Coquillett, 1894)
  • Anthrax dentata Becker 1907
  • Anthrax distigma Wiedemann
  • Anthrax francoisi Evenhuis & Greathead 1999
  • Anthrax gideon Fabricius, 1805
  • Anthrax giselae François 1966
  • Anthrax innublipennis Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax johanni Zaitzev 1997
  • Anthrax koebelei Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax larrea Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax laticellus Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax melanopogon (Becker, 1892)
  • Anthrax nidicola Cole, 1952
  • Anthrax nigriventris Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax nitidus Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax oedipus Fabricius, 1805
  • Anthrax painteri Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax pauper (Loew, 1869)
  • Anthrax pelopeius François 1966
  • Anthrax picea Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax pilosulus Strobl 1902
  • Anthrax plesius (Curran, 1927)
  • Anthrax pluricellus Williston, 1901
  • Anthrax pluto Wiedemann, 1828
  • Anthrax punctulatus Macquart 1835
  • Anthrax seriepinctatus (Osten Sacken, 1886)
  • Anthrax slossonae (Johnson, 1913)
  • Anthrax snowi Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax stellans (Loew, 1869)
  • Anthrax sticticus Klug 1832
  • Anthrax striatipennis Marston, 1970
  • Anthrax trifasciatus Meigen 1804
  • Anthrax vallicola Marston, 1963
  • Anthrax varius Fabricius 1794
  • Anthrax virgo Egger 1859
  • Anthrax zonabriphagus (Portchinsky 1895)

References

  1. ^ F. M. Hull (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1–687. ISBN 0874741319. 
  2. ^ a b Eaton, Eric R.; Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin. p. 292. ISBN 0-518-15310-1. 
  3. ^ Magdi S. El-Hawagry, Aly A. El-Moursy, Francis Gilbert & Samy Zalat (2000). "The tribe Anthracini Latreille (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt" (PDF). Egyptian Journal of Biology 2: 97–117. http://ecology.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/pdf%20files/2000%20El-Hawagry%20et%20al_Anthracini%20of%20Egypt.pdf.