Biology:Exhyalanthrax afer

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Short description: Species of insect

Exhyalanthrax afer
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Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Villini
Genus: Exhyalanthrax
Species:
E. afer
Binomial name
Exhyalanthrax afer
Fabricius, 1794[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthrax afer Fabricius, 1794[1]
  • Anthrax fimbriata Meigen, 1804
  • Anthrax sirius Hoffmansegg in Wiedemann, 1818
  • Anthrax hemipterus Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818
  • Anthrax marginalis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820[2]
  • Anthrax sirius Meigen, 1820[2]
  • Anthrax tangerinus Bigot, 1892
  • Thyridanthrax burtti Hesse, 1956
  • Thyridanthrax aequisexus Bowden, 1964
  • Thyridanthrax decipiens Bowden, 196

Exhyalanthrax afer is a member of the fly family Bombyliidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.[3]

Biology

Larvae feed on pupae of tachinid and ichneumonid parasitoids of the pine processionary caterpillar, Thaumetopoea pityocampa. The pupae of other Lepidoptera and from cocoons of the pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer. Adults are most often seen visiting flowers to feed on nectar.[4]

Distribution

Afrotropical: Chad, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Yemen. Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China (Beijing, Nei Monggol, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (incl. Lesbos), Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (WS), Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Ibiza, Mallorca), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia,[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5420248 entry