Genus Anthrax

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

spot-winged black bee fly - Anthrax albofasciatus

Bee Fly - Anthrax georgicus - Anthrax georgicus

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

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Scopoli, 1763. From Greek, anthrax, coal (Dictionary of Entomology).

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 27 North American species.

Print References

Brimley, p. 341, lists for North Carolina: analis (whole state, June-October), argyropyga, limatulus, obsoletus, oedipus, pauper, pluto, slossonae (1).

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek--photos two species

Giff Beaton

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: analis (19), argyropyga (5), aterrima (8), irroratus (3), limatulus (7), oedipus (13), pauper (1), pluto (1)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 September, 2004 - 6:21am
Last updated 21 February, 2007 - 9:20am

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