Anthrax (fly)

Anthrax is a genus of bombyliid flies, commonly known as "bee-flies" due to their resemblance to bees. Most are dull black flies, and are usually small to medium in size, Template:Convert, and many species have striking wing patterns.<ref name=Hull>Template:Cite book</ref>

Anthrax is a very large genus. While worldwide in distribution, most species are from the Palaearctic and Afrotropic regions. The genus includes species parasitic on tiger beetles – an unusual trait among the bee-flies. A. anthrax larvae parasitize bees. Many North American species parasitize solitary wasps.<ref name=E&K>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="EvenhuisGreathead1999">Template:Cite book</ref>

The type species is Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758, later found to be a misidentification of Musca anthrax Schrank, 1781.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Species

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Anthrax flies often hover around people and land on them.<ref name=E&K/> This one, a member of A. oedipus or a similar species, landed repeatedly on the photographer's jeans.

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Early conception of the genus Anthrax sensu Meigen.Plate from Johann Wilhelm Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen.The genus is now much more restricted Only one species depicted in this plate is still in Anthrax

• Anthrax actuosus Paramonov, 1935<ref name="Paramonov1935">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax alagoezicus Paramonov, 1935<ref name="Paramonov1935"/>
• Anthrax albofasciatus Macquart, 1840<ref name="Macquart1840">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry, 2013<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax analis Say, 1823<ref name="Say1823b">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax anthrax (Schrank, 1781)<ref name="Schrank1781"/>
• Anthrax argentatus (Cole, 1919)
• Anthrax artemesia Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax atriplex Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax aureosquamosus Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax bezzianus Paramonov, 1935<ref name="Paramonov1935"/>
• Anthrax binotatus Wiedemann in Meigen 1820<ref name="Meigen1820">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Anthrax bowdeni Báez, 1983
• Anthrax cascadensis Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax cathetodaithmos Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax chaparralus Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax chionostigma Tsacas, 1962
• Anthrax cintalapa Cole, 1957
• Anthrax columbiensis Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax cybele (Coquillett, 1894)
• Anthrax dentata Becker, 1907
• Anthrax distigma Wiedemann, 1828
• Anthrax francoisi Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999<ref name="EvenhuisGreathead1999"/>
• Anthrax gideon Fabricius, 1805
• Anthrax giselae François, 1966
• Anthrax greatheadi El-Hawagry, 1998
• Anthrax innublipennis Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax irroratus Say, 1823<ref name="Say1823b">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax johanni Zaitzev, 1997
• Anthrax koebelei Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax larrea Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax laticellus Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax melanopogon (Becker, 1892)
• Anthrax moursyi El-Hawagry, 1998
• Anthrax nidicola Cole, 1952
• Anthrax nigriventris Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax nitidus Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax oedipus Fabricius, 1805
• Anthrax painteri Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax pauper (Loew, 1869)<ref name="Loew1869">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax pelopeius François, 1966
• Anthrax picea Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax pilosulus Strobl, 1902
• Anthrax plesius (Curran, 1927)
• Anthrax pluricellus Williston, 1901
• Anthrax pluto Wiedemann, 1828<ref name="Wiedemann1828">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Anthrax punctulatus Macquart, 1835
• Anthrax seriepunctatus (Osten Sacken, 1886)<ref name="Osten Sacken1886">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Anthrax slossonae (Johnson, 1913)
• Anthrax snowi Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax stellans (Loew, 1869)<ref name="Loew1869"/>
• Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832
• Anthrax striatipennis Marston, 1970<ref name="Marston1970"/>
• Anthrax trifasciatus Meigen, 1804
• Anthrax vallicola Marston, 1963<ref name="Marston1963"/>
• Anthrax varius Fabricius, 1794
• Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859
• Anthrax zohrayensis El-Hawagry, 2002
• Anthrax zonabriphagus (Portchinsky, 1895