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Family Bombyliidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Anthrax Bee Flies in Tribe
Anthracini
that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 8mm, male
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- We found this fly in Karawatha Forest She-oak Area on Dec 2007. It was resting inside a
large burned tree hole. Its white abdomen tip became very noticeable in the
dark and black background. Only the male has the white tip, female is all black.
The Bee Fly flied away slowly after we took the above photo.
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- Reference information suggested that this beefly may be the parasitic of Antlion.
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- Reference:
- 1. Anthrax
Bee Fly - lifeunseen.com,
by Nick Monaghan
- 2. Cryptic species diversity and character congruence: review of the tribe Anthracini (Diptera : Bombyliidae) in Australia - David K. Yeates and Christine L. Lambkin,
1998.
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