| Chrysanthrax cautor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Villini |
| Genus: | Chrysanthrax |
| Species: | C. cautor |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysanthrax cautor (Coquillett, 1897) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysanthrax cautor is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States. [2]
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
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, 4–20 millimetres (0.2–0.8 in), and many species have striking wing patterns.
Anthrax nigriventris is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Cuba.
Chrysanthrax is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, found in North and South America.
Chrysanthrax dispar is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Ontario, Canada, through the eastern United States as far west as Nebraska, south to Mexico.
Chrysanthrax eudorus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States.
Villa chromolepida is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Anthrax cascadensis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States, north into British Columbia, Canada.
Chrysanthrax cypris is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the eastern United States from Massachussets and Iowa south to Mexico. It is a parasitoid of tiphiid wasps.
Anthrax pauper is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the eastern United States from Texas north to Ontario, Canada.
Anthrax striatipennis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southeastern United States.
Villa harveyi is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Anthrax larrea is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the United States.
Chrysanthrax adumbrata is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California and Baja California Norte.
Chrysanthrax anna is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California and Arizona.
Chrysanthrax arizonensis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and Nevada.
Chrysanthrax juncturus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Chrysanthrax scitulus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California and Nevada.
Chrysanthrax turbatus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States from Nebraska to California and Texas.
Anthrax analis, the black bee fly, is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It can be found throughout North America, from the Yukon east to Quebec in Canada, the entire mainland United States, most of Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica and Cuba. As an adult it is a pollinator, and as a larva it is a parasitoid of tiger beetles in the genus Cicindela, and likely also of solitary bees. It is variable in appearance, with the posterior half of the wings usually transparent, but in the eastern United States the wings may be entirely dark.. The body itself is covered in black hair, but the tip of the abdomen usually has silvery scales.
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