''Anthrax'' is a genus of bombyliid flies, commonly known as "bee-flies" due to their resemblance to

bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...

s. Most are dull black flies, and are usually small to medium in size, , and many species have striking wing patterns. ''Anthrax'' is a very large genus. While worldwide in distribution, most species are from the Palaearctic and Afrotropic regions. The genus includes species parasitic on tiger beetles – an unusual trait among the bee-flies. ''A. anthrax'' larvae parasitize bees. Many

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n species parasitize solitary wasps. The type species is '' Musca morio'' Linnaeus,

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

, later found to be a misidentification of ''Musca anthrax'' Schrank, 1781.

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Anthrax actuosus Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

'' Paramonov, 1935 *''

Anthrax alagoezicus Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

'' Paramonov, 1935 *''

Anthrax albofasciatus ''Anthrax albofasciatus'' is a species of fly in the family Bombyliidae. Distribution United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is ...

'' Macquart, 1840 *''

Anthrax alruqibi Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

'' El-Hawagry, 2013 *''

Anthrax analis ''Anthrax analis'' is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It's a parasitoid whose hosts include '' Cicindela scutellaris'', '' Cicindela hirticollis'', '' Cicindela marginata'', ''Cicindela punctulata'', and ''Cicindela tranquebaric ...

'' Say, 1823 *''

Anthrax anthrax ''Anthrax anthrax'' is a species of fly in the family Bombyliidae. Unlike, for example, ''Bombylius major'', this species does not mimic a bee. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the nests of mason bees. After hatching ...

'' ( Schrank, 1781) *'' Anthrax argentatus'' (Cole, 1919) *'' Anthrax artemesia'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax atriplex'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax aureosquamosus'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax bezzianus'' Paramonov, 1935 *'' Anthrax binotatus''

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''in'' Meigen 1820 *'' Anthrax bowdeni'' Báez, 1983 *'' Anthrax cascadensis'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax cathetodaithmos'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax chaparralus'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax chionostigma'' Tsacas, 1962 *'' Anthrax cintalapa'' Cole, 1957 *'' Anthrax columbiensis'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax cybele'' (

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, 1894) *'' Anthrax dentata'' Becker, 1907 *'' Anthrax distigma''

, 1828 *'' Anthrax francoisi'' Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999 *'' Anthrax gideon''

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, 1805 *'' Anthrax giselae'' François, 1966 *'' Anthrax greatheadi'' El-Hawagry, 1998 *'' Anthrax innublipennis'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax johanni'' Zaitzev, 1997 *'' Anthrax koebelei'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax larrea'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax laticellus'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax melanopogon'' ( Becker, 1892) *'' Anthrax moursyi'' El-Hawagry, 1998 *'' Anthrax nidicola'' Cole, 1952 *'' Anthrax nigriventris'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax nitidus'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax oedipus''

, 1805 *'' Anthrax painteri'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax pauper'' ( Loew, 1869) *'' Anthrax pelopeius'' François, 1966 *'' Anthrax picea'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax pilosulus'' Strobl, 1902 *'' Anthrax plesius'' (

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, 1927) *'' Anthrax pluricellus'' Williston, 1901 *'' Anthrax pluto''

, 1828 *'' Anthrax punctulatus'' Macquart, 1835 *'' Anthrax seriepunctatus'' (

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, 1886) *'' Anthrax slossonae'' ( Johnson, 1913) *'' Anthrax snowi'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax stellans'' ( Loew, 1869) *'' Anthrax sticticus''

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, 1832 *'' Anthrax striatipennis'' Marston, 1970 *'' Anthrax trifasciatus'' Meigen, 1804 *'' Anthrax vallicola'' Marston, 1963 *'' Anthrax varius''

, 1794 *'' Anthrax virgo'' Egger, 1859 *'' Anthrax zohrayensis'' El-Hawagry, 2002 *'' Anthrax zonabriphagus'' (Portchinsky, 1895

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q401663 Bombyliidae genera Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Bombyliidae Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia Diptera of North America