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 | |
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| Xenox tigrinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Anthracini |
| Genus: | Xenox Evenhuis, 1985 |
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.
External links
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