Exhyalanthrax afer

Exhyalanthrax afer
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Subfamily:	Anthracinae
Tribe:	Villini
Genus:	Exhyalanthrax
Species:	E. afer
Binomial name
	Exhyalanthrax afer; Fabricius, 1794
Synonyms
	Anthrax afer Fabricius, 1794; Anthrax fimbriata Meigen, 1804; Anthrax sirius Hoffmansegg in Wiedemann, 1818; Anthrax hemipterus Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818; Anthrax marginalis Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820; Anthrax sirius Meigen, 1820; Anthrax tangerinus Bigot, 1892; Thyridanthrax burtti Hesse, 1956; Thyridanthrax aequisexus Bowden, 1964; Thyridanthrax decipiens Bowden, 196;

Exhyalanthrax afer is a member of the fly family Bombyliidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794.^[3]

Biology

Larvae feed on pupae of tachinid and ichneumonid parasitoids of the pine processionary caterpillar, Thaumetopoea pityocampa. The pupae of other Lepidoptera and from cocoons of the pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer. Adults are most often seen visiting flowers to feed on nectar.^[4]

Distribution

Afrotropical: Chad, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Yemen. Oriental: Pakistan. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China (Beijing, Nei Monggol, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (incl. Lesbos), Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (WS), Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Ibiza, Mallorca), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia,^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Fabricius, Johan Christian (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tome IV. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ 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.
^ D.J. Greathead; P. Grandcolas (1995). "A new host association for the Bombyliidae (Diptera): an Exhyalanthrax sp. reared from cockroach oothecae, Heterogamisca chopardi (Dictyoptera: Polyphagidae) in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). The Entomologist. 114 (2): 91–98. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
^ "World Catalog Family Bombyliidae Latreille (part 1 (Oligodraninae through Bombyliinae, p. 1-206) -" (PDF) (Revised ed.). Bishop Museum. September 2003. pp. 1–206. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

[Fabricius1794-1] Fabricius, Johan Christian (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tome IV. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C.G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[Meigen1820-2] Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[Hull-3] 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.

[4] D.J. Greathead; P. Grandcolas (1995). "A new host association for the Bombyliidae (Diptera): an Exhyalanthrax sp. reared from cockroach oothecae, Heterogamisca chopardi (Dictyoptera: Polyphagidae) in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). The Entomologist. 114 (2): 91–98. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

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

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