Species Anthrax irroratus - Bee Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Internet References

speckle-winged black bee fly - Anthrax irroratus

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 irroratus (Bee Fly)

Explanation of Names

Author is Say, 1823. Species name irroratus is from Latin, meaning, apparently, freckled, or literally, bedewed (Dictionary of Entomology).

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

Giff Beaton

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 September, 2004 - 6:21am
Last updated 21 February, 2007 - 9:09am

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