| Poecilanthrax tegminipennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Poecilanthrax |
| Species: | P. tegminipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilanthrax tegminipennis (Say, 1824) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Poecilanthrax tegminipennis is a species of bee fly. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is widespread in Canada and the United States. [5]
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.
Ripiphoridae is a cosmopolitan family of some 450 described species of beetles sometimes called "wedge-shaped beetles". Ripiphoridae are unusual among beetle families in that many species are hypermetamorphic parasitoids, an attribute that they share with the Meloidae. Members of the family differ in their choice of hosts, but most attack various species of bees or wasps, while some others attack cockroaches or beetles. Many species of Ripiphoridae have abbreviated elytra, and flabellate or pectinate antennae.
Poecilanthrax is a large, primarily Nearctic genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax eremicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax effrenus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax fasciatus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax monticola is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in North America, from British Columbia and Alberta south to Nebraska, Utah, and Colorado.
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Poecilanthrax hyalinipennis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax alpha is a species of bee fly. It is widespread in the United States, extending north into Canada.
Poecilanthrax lucifer is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax litoralis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax alcyon is a species of bee fly. It is widespread in Canada and the United States, extending south to Mexico.
Poecilanthrax apache is a species of bee fly.
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Poecilanthrax californicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax arethusa is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae, found in Central and North America.
Poecilanthrax ingens is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax nigripennis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
Poecilanthrax varius is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.
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