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Species Anthrax georgicus

Representative Images

Bee Fly - Anthrax georgicus Bee Fly - Anthrax georgicus Anthrax georgicus Bombyliid fly -- Hemipenthes? - Anthrax georgicus Maybe a Syrphid fly? - Anthrax georgicus Anthrax georgicus ovipositing - Anthrax georgicus - female Anthracinae - Anthrax georgicus black bee fly with white tail end - Anthrax georgicus

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 Anthrax
Species georgicus (Anthrax georgicus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anthrax analis Say 1823 nec Lichtenstein 1796(1)

Explanation of Names

Anthrax georgicus Macquart 1834

Size

Body 7-10 mm(2)

Identification

See comments at

Range

transcontinental, Canada to Costa Rica; Cuba(1)

Season

Jul-Sep in e. Canada(2), Jun-Oct in NC

Life Cycle

Parasitoid of tiger beetles(3)

See Also

Hemipenthes morioides

Works Cited

1.Evenhuis N.L., Greathead D.J. (2015) World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site
2.The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
3.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 February, 2007 - 4:28pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2017 - 5:30pm

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