Poecilanthrax arethusa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Villini |
Genus: | Poecilanthrax |
Species: | P. arethusa |
Binomial name | |
Poecilanthrax arethusa (Osten Sacken, 1886) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Poecilanthrax arethusa is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae, found in Central and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators. That is, they look like bees because that helps them avoid bee-wary predators, but they lack stingers.
Al-Rastan is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of its administrative capital Homs and 22 kilometers (14 mi) from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Murayj al-Durr to the northeast, Tumin to the north, Deir al-Fardis to the northwest and Kafr Nan and the Houla village cluster to the west. Ar-Rastan had a population of nearly 40,000 in 2004.
Poecilanthrax is a large, primarily Nearctic genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies).
Arethusana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is composed of only one species, Arethusana arethusa, the false grayling.
Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae.
Poecilanthrax eremicus is a species of bee flies.
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Poecilanthrax fasciatus is a species of bee flies.
Villini is a tribe of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax hyalinipennis is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax alpha is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax lucifer is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax litoralis is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax alcyon is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax apache is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax californicus is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax tegminipennis is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax ingens is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax nigripennis is a species of bee flies.
Poecilanthrax varius is a species of bee flies.