''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are 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. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

and the

Palearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal parasitoids. ''Exhyalanthrax afer'' has been reared from pupae of tachinid and

ichneumonid The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 2 ...

parasitoids of ''

Thaumetopoea pityocampa The pine processionary (''Thaumetopoea pityocampa'') is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous ...

'' and from the pupae of this species and other Lepidoptera. It has also been bred from cocoons of ''

Neodiprion sertifer ''Neodiprion sertifer'', the European pine sawfly or red pine sawfly, is a sawfly species in the genus ''Neodiprion''. Although native to Europe, it was accidentally introduced to North America in 1925. The larvae of '' Exhyalanthrax afer'' fe ...

''. Several African species have been reared from the puparia of

tsetse flies Tsetse ( , or ) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies), are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus ''Glossina'', which are placed in their own family, Glo ...

and from puparia of other Diptera. An ''Exhyalanthrax'' sp. has also been found preying on cockroach, (''Heterogamisca chopardi'' Uvarov) oothecae in Saudi Arabia. It has been suggested that ''Exhyalanthrax'' might be utilised as biological control agents especially in the battle against tsetse flies.

Species List

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Exhyalanthrax abruptus ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' ( Loew, 1860) *''

Exhyalanthrax afer ''Exhyalanthrax afer'' is a member of the fly family Bombyliidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. Biology Larvae feed on pupae of tachinid and ichneumonid parasitoids of the pine processionary caterpillar, ''Thaumetopoea pi ...

'' (

Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia: **Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587� ...

, 1794) *''

Exhyalanthrax argentifer ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of Bombyliidae, bombyliid Fly, flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthra ...

Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...

, 1916 *''

Exhyalanthrax canarionae ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' Báez, 1990 *''

Exhyalanthrax collarti ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' François, 1962 *''

Exhyalanthrax contrarius ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

, 1916 *''

Exhyalanthrax melanchlaenus ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' ( Loew, 1867) *''

Exhyalanthrax muscarius ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' ( Pallas, 1818) *''

Exhyalanthrax simonae ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' (François, 1970) *''

Exhyalanthrax vicinalis ''Exhyalanthrax'' is a small genus of bombyliid flies. Bombyliids are commonly known as ''bee flies'' due to their resemblance to bees. ''Exhyalanthrax'' are found in the Afrotropical realm and the Palearctic realm. Exhyalanthrax spp. are pupal ...

'' Hesse, 1956

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5420249 Bombyliidae Diptera of Europe Diptera of Africa Diptera of Asia Brachycera genera Taxa named by Theodor Becker