Biology:Anthrax analis

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Short description: Species of insect

Anthrax analis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Anthracini
Genus: Anthrax
Species:
A. analis
Binomial name
Anthrax analis
Say, 1823[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthrax georgicus Macquart, 1834[2]
  • Anthrax cedens Walker, 1852[3]
  • Hemipenthes latelimbatus Bigot, 1892[4]
  • Spongostylum grossbecki Johnson, 1913[5]
  • Spongostylum occidentalis Johnson, 1913[5]

Anthrax analis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[6] It's a parasitoid whose hosts include Cicindela scutellaris, Cicindela hirticollis, Cicindela marginata, Cicindela punctulata, and Cicindela tranquebarica.[7]

Distribution

Canada, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua.

References

  1. Say, Thomas (1823). "Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3: 73–104. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668664#page/83/mode/1up. Retrieved 1 May 2020. 
  2. Macquart, P. J. M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere. Paris: Roret. pp. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls. 
  3. Walker, Frances (1852). Diptera. Part III, pp. 157–252, pls. 5–6. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. London: Van Voorst. pp. 1–474. 
  4. Bigot, J.M.F. (1892). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 37 partie, XLVI: Bombylidi (mihi). 1re partie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 321–376. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8255511#page/327/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 July 2022. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Johnson, C.W. (1913). "Insects of Florida. I. Diptera". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32: 37–90. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/86424#page/67/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 July 2022. 
  6. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J (1999). World catalog of the bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. xlviii + 756 pp.. 
  7. Arndt, Erik; Costa, Cleide (1 April 2001). "Parasitism of Neotropical Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) by Anthrax (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 36 (1): 63–66. doi:10.1076/snfe.36.1.63.8885. ISSN 0165-0521. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1076/snfe.36.1.63.8885. Retrieved 16 December 2022. 

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