| Poecilanthrax lucifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Poecilanthrax |
| Species: | P. lucifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilanthrax lucifer (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Poecilanthrax lucifer is a species of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Poecilanthrax is a large, primarily Nearctic genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae (bee-flies).
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