Xenox

Xenox
Xenox tigrinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Anthracini
Genus:	Xenox Evenhuis, 1985

Xenox is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five described species in Xenox, all of which parasitize bees in the genus Xylocopa as larvae. ^[1]

Xenox tigrinus

Species

• Xenox delila (Loew, 1869)
• Xenox habrosus (Marston, 1970)
• Xenox nigritus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Xenox tigrinus (De Geer, 1776) (tiger bee fly)
• Xenox xylocopae (Marston, 1970)

References

1. Evenhuis, Neal L. (19 April 1985). "The Status of the Genera of the Tribe Anthracini (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Entomology. 27 (1–2): 167. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Xenox at Wikimedia Commons