Anthrax (fly) 348275 225600945 2008-07-14T14:28:08Z Mark-mitchell-aldershot 3401544 {{Taxobox | name = Bombyliidae | image = Bombyliid_7294.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | subphylum = [[Hexapoda]] | classis = [[Insect]]a | subclassis = [[Pterygota]] | infraclassis = [[Neoptera]] | superordo = [[Endopterygota]]| | ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]] | familia = [[Bombyliidae]] | genus = '''''Anthrax''''' | genus_authority = [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scopoli]], 1763 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Many species'' }} '''Anthrax''' is a genus of [[Bombyliidae|bombyliid]] [[Diptera|flies]], commonly known as "bee flies" due to their often remarkable resemblance to [[bee]]s. ''Anthrax'' is a large genus, and includes species parasitic to [[tiger beetle]]s -- a trait unusual amongst the bombyliids. The genus' type is ''Musca morio'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758, later found to be a misidentification of ''Musca anthrax'' [[Franz Paula von Schrank|Schrank]], 1781. {{Diptera-stub}} [[category:Flies]] [[Category:Bombyliidae]]