Poecilanthrax

Poecilanthrax

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Villini
Genus:	Poecilanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886
Type species
Anthrax alcyon Say, 1825

These are large to large robust flies with a body length of 8–14 mm. They have large elongate pictured wings, with 2 or 3 submarginal cells and no vein M2. The abdomen is moderately lengthened, with 7 visible tergites. The front tarsi are reduced, and the tibia smooth.^[1] The larvae feed on the moth larva of members of the family Noctuidae. Adults feed on pollen.^[1]

Poecilanthrax alcyon (Say, 1824)^{i c b}

Poecilanthrax alpha (Osten Sacken, 1877)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax apache Painter & Hall, 1960^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax arethusa (Osten Sacken, 1886)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax arizonensis Taber, 2008^{c g}

Poecilanthrax autumnalis (Cole, 1917)^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax bicellata (Macquart, 1847)^{c g b}

Poecilanthrax brachypus Calderwood, 1995^{c g}

Poecilanthrax californicus (Cole, 1917)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax colei Johnson and Johnson, 1957^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax demogorgon (Walker, 1849)^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax effrenus (Coquillett, 1887)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax eremicus Painter & Hall, 1960^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax fasciatus Johnson & Johnson, 1957^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax flaviceps (Loew, 1869)^{c g}

Poecilanthrax fuliginosus (Loew, 1869)^{c b}

Poecilanthrax hyalinipennis Painter & Hall, 1960^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax ingens Johnson & Johnson, 1957^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax interruptus Painter & Hall, 1960^{c g}

Poecilanthrax johnsonorum Painter and Hall, 1960^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax litoralis Painter & Hall, 1960^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax loewi Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999^{c g}

Poecilanthrax lucifer (Fabricius, 1775)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax macquarti Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999^{c g}

Poecilanthrax marmoreus Johnson and Johnson, 1957^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax mexicanus Painter, 1969^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax moffitti Painter and Hall, 1960^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax montanus Painter and Hall, 1960^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax monticola Johnson & Johnson, 1957^{c g b}

Poecilanthrax nigripennis (Cole, 1917)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax painteri Maughan, 1935^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax pallidifrons Evenhuis, 1977^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax pilosus (Cole, 1917)^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax poecilogaster (Osten Sacken, 1886b)^{c g b}

Poecilanthrax robustus Johnson and Johnson, 1957^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax sackenii (Coquillett, 1887)^{c g b}

Poecilanthrax signatipennis (Cole, 1917)^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax tanbarkensis Painter and Hall, 1960^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax tegminipennis (Say, 1824)^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax varius Painter & Hall, 1960^{i c g b}

Poecilanthrax vexativus Painter and Hall, 1960^{i c g}

Poecilanthrax willistonii (Coquillett, 1887)^{i c b}

Poecilanthrax zionensis Johnson and Johnson, 1957^{i c g}^[2]^[3]

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[5] g = GBIF,^[6] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

^ ^a ^b Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.

^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206)" (PDF). Bishop Museum. 1999. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206) - Revised Edition" (PDF). Bishop Museum. September 2003. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

^ "Poecilanthrax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

^ "Browse Poecilanthrax". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

^ "Poecilanthrax". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

^ "Poecilanthrax Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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