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Species Thyridanthrax atratus

Thyridanthrax atratus - female Orange County Bee Fly Archives #45 - Thyridanthrax atratus Anthrax Bee Fly 4 - Thyridanthrax atratus Thyridanthrax atratus? - Thyridanthrax atratus T. atratus - Thyridanthrax atratus Bee Fly - Thyridanthrax atratus Another black bee fly - Thyridanthrax atratus - male Fly-like black Insect on Gumweed at Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah - Thyridanthrax atratus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Anthracinae
Tribe Villini
Genus Thyridanthrax
Species atratus (Thyridanthrax atratus)
Explanation of Names
Thyridanthrax atratus (Coquillet 1887)
Identification
all-black with hyaline wingtips
Range
WA―CA―NV(1)
Food
Larval hosts: wasps, e.g. Bembix occidentalis beutenmuelleri(2)