Species Anthrax striatipennis

Classification · Identification · Range · Print References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)

Subfamily Anthracinae

Tribe Anthracini

Genus Anthrax

Species striatipennis (Anthrax striatipennis)

Identification

Can be separated from irroratus, aside from its limited distribution, by the dense pattern of transverse striae on the wing (Marston,1970; see reference below).

A. striatipennis:

A. irroratus

Range

Southeastern U.S. coastal plain: AL, FL, GA, SC

Print References

Marston, N. 1970. Revision of New World Species of Anthrax (Diptera: Bombyliidae), Other Than the Anthrax albofasciatus Group. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No.43.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 5 December, 2007 - 4:59pm
Last updated 28 August, 2009 - 1:37pm

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