Anthrax (fly)
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{{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.
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[[category:Flies]]
[[Category:Bombyliidae]]