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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Bombyliidae
Subfamilia: Anthracinae
Tribus: Anthracini
Genus: Xenox
Species: X. delila – X. habrosus – X. nigrita – X. tigrinus – X. xylocopae
Name

Xenox Evenhuis, 1985

Hough Xenox tigrinus

Xenox tigrinus

References

Evenhuis, 1985: International J. Ent. Honolulu, 27(1-2): 166.

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, Bucks county, PA, USA

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

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.

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