Xenox

Genus of flies

Xenox
Xenox tigrinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Subfamily: Anthracinae
Tribe: Anthracini
Genus: Xenox
Evenhuis, 1985

Xenox is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are five described species in Xenox, all of which parasitize bees in the genus Xylocopa as larvae.[1]

Xenox tigrinus

Species

  • Xenox delila (Loew, 1869)
  • Xenox habrosus (Marston, 1970)
  • Xenox nigrita (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Xenox tigrinus (De Geer, 1776) (tiger bee fly)
  • Xenox xylocopae (Marston, 1970)

References

  1. ^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (19 April 1985). "The Status of the Genera of the Tribe Anthracini (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Entomology. 27 (1–2): 167. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

Further reading

  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
  • Media related to Xenox at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
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