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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae » Anthracini » Xenox » Tiger Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus)

Species Xenox tigrinus - Tiger Bee Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
BG628 Fly - Xenox tigrinus Beefly - Xenox tigrinus xenox - Xenox tigrinus fly - Xenox tigrinus Xenox tigrinus Tiger Bee Fly - Xenox tigrinus Some type of fly? - Xenox tigrinus Xenox tigrinus
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 Anthracini
Genus Xenox
Species tigrinus (Tiger Bee Fly)
Explanation of Names
Xenox tigrinus (De Geer 1776)
Species name refers to the wing pattern
Size
12-19 mm
Identification
wing pattern distinctive
Range
ON & e. US (ME-FL to IA-KS-TX)(1)(BG data)
Food
Larva is a parasitoid of Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa.
Adult food unknown. An adult has been observed on damp mud, lapping up fluids (P. Coin, pers. observation).
Life Cycle
see Gerling & Hermann (1976)
Print References
(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.A Field Guide to Insects
Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson. 1998. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 March, 2004 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 8 March, 2017 - 10:21am

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