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

Genus Poecilanthrax

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Bombyliidae? Canidae? - Poecilanthrax Poecilanthrax (arethusa?) - Poecilanthrax arethusa Poecilanthrax poecilogaster? - Poecilanthrax poecilogaster Bee Fly - Poecilanthrax lucifer P. eremicus? with prey - Poecilanthrax eremicus Bee Fly, golden body, stained-glass effect on wings - Poecilanthrax Poecilanthrax - species? - Poecilanthrax willistonii Poecilanthrax effrenus? - Poecilanthrax effrenus
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 Poecilanthrax
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken 1886
From Greek poecilos 'variegated' + Anthrax, another genus in this family
Numbers
34 spp. in our area, 40 total(2)
Range
NA (mostly nearctic) to Panama & West Indies; in our area, all but 5 spp. are restricted to w. NA(2)
Food
Endoparasitoids of Noctuidae pupae (Research.net. Yeates, D. The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies)
Works Cited
1.A monograph of the genus Poecilanthrax (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
Painter R.H., Hall J.C. 1960.
2.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 2 May, 2006 - 11:45pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 23 June, 2015 - 12:56pm

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