| Xenox habrosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Tribe: | Anthracini |
| Genus: | Xenox |
| Species: | X. habrosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenox habrosus (Marston, 1970) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Xenox habrosus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in Mexico, California, and Arizona. [5]
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects.
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.
The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It formerly went by the name Anthrax tigrinus. The distinctive wing pattern may resemble tiger stripes, giving the tiger bee fly its name. Like other members of the bee fly family, the tiger bee fly parasitizes the larvae of other insects.
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.
Lepidanthrax rauchi is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Mexico and Arizona.
Lepidophora vetusta is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in Texas, Mexico, and Central America as far south as Costa Rica.
Amphicosmus arizonensis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from Arizona.
Lepidanthrax disjunctus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from Mexico and Arizona.
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 delila is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in California and Baja California Norte.
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.
Paravilla cunicula is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Poecilanthrax arethusa is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the southwestern United States, from Nebraska and Texas west to California. It is also found in much of Mexico, and in Central America south to Panama.
Paravilla edititoides is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in central North America in Saskatchewan, Canada, through the United States from Arizona to Oklahoma, and into Mexico.
Pantarbes megistus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known only from the northern portion of the Mojave Desert in California.
Lepidanthrax linsdalei is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is known from California and Idaho.
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.
Hemipenthes inops is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It is found in the western United States. It is somewhat unusual compared to other members of the genus Hemipenthes in that its wings are mostly transparent.
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