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Genus Anthrax

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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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