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Tribe Villini

What kind of fringed fly is this? - Poecilanthrax

Poecilanthrax - Thyridanthrax melanopterus - female

Poecilanthrax arethusa - Poecilanthrax arethusa

Colorful Bombyliid - Poecilanthrax eremicus

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

Numbers

~250 spp. in 16 genera in our area, ~820 spp. in >30 genera worldwide(1)

Range

worldwide(1)

Remarks

Villini are endoparasitoids, while most bombyliids are ectoparasitoids

Works Cited

1.	Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site

Contributed by Joel Kits on 4 April, 2007 - 10:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 21 April, 2012 - 6:34pm

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