Anthrax (fly)

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 mm, and many species have striking wing patterns.

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.

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

Species



 * Anthrax actuosus Paramonov, 1935
 * Anthrax alagoezicus Paramonov, 1935
 * Anthrax albofasciatus Macquart, 1840
 * Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry, 2013
 * 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 bezzianus Paramonov, 1935
 * 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, 1828
 * Anthrax francoisi Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999
 * Anthrax gideon Fabricius, 1805
 * Anthrax giselae François, 1966
 * Anthrax greatheadi El-Hawagry, 1998
 * 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 moursyi El-Hawagry, 1998
 * 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 seriepunctatus (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 zohrayensis El-Hawagry, 2002
 * Anthrax zonabriphagus (Portchinsky, 1895