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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Anthracinae

Subfamily Anthracinae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Bee Fly - Villa Fly - Neodiplocampta miranda Diminutive Exoprosopa? - Exoprosopa fascipennis Black and white with black and clear wings - looks like a bee of some sort? - Xenox tigrinus bee fly – genus Villa?/behavior question - Villa bee-like fly on Vargas Plateau on 2020 May 08 - Villa Xenox tigrinus - Tiger Bee Fly? - Xenox tigrinus Bee Fly - Villa
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
Numbers
By far the largest subfamily, with >420 spp. in 26 genera of 5 tribes in our area and ~2,100 spp. in 170 genera of 6 tribes worldwide(1)
Range
Worldwide; in our area, widespread, but conspicuously more diverse in the west, esp. in sw. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 8:31am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 12:54pm

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