Xenox delila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Anthracini |
Genus: | Xenox |
Species: | X. delila |
Binomial name | |
Xenox delila (Loew, 1869) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Xenox delila is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in California and Baja California Norte. [5]
Poecilanthrax willistonii, 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.
Anthracinae is a subfamily of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are more than 80 genera and 2,000 described species in Anthracinae.
Pantarbes capito is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States from California to Wyoming.
Paravilla splendida is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California and Baja California Norte.
Paravilla deserta is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States from Montana to California and south into Mexico.
Neodiplocampta mirella is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California.
Paravilla fumida is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California.
Paracosmus morrisoni is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico and the southwestern United States from California to Texas.
Lepidanthrax eremicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California.
Lepidanthrax californicus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California, Arizona, and Baja California Norte.
Geron vitripennis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found across most of the United States, north into Ontario, and south into Mexico.
Geron is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are at least 180 described species in the genus Geron, found on every continent except Antarctica.
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.
Anastoechus hessei is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States from California to Texas. Its larvae are predators of grasshopper eggs.
Lepidanthrax linsdalei is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California and Idaho.
Xenox habrosus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico, California, and Arizona.
Xenox xylocopae is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
Paravilla aridula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and California.
Paradiplocampta is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There is one described species in the genus Paradiplocampta, P. tabeti, known from California and Arizona.
Paravilla cinerea is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Arizona and Baja California Norte.