Anthrax oedipus Fabricius, 1805

Avalos-Hernandez, Omar, Kits, Joel, Trujano-Ortega, Marysol, Garcia-Vazquez, Uri Omar & Cano-Santana, Zenon, 2014, New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, ZooKeys 422, pp. 49-85 : 61

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Anthrax oedipus Fabricius, 1805 Figure 10a

Material examined.

ECA: Apr (1 F, 1 M), Jul (1 F); EEO: Apr (2 F, 1 M), May (1 F, 4 M), Jul (1 M); REC: Apr (1 F); REE: Apr (2 M); RLC: Jul (2 F, 4 M), Sep (1 F); RPA: Apr (1 M), Aug (1 M).

Known Nearctic records.

Mexico (Baja California, Coahuila, Nayarit, Morelos, Sinaloa, Sonora); USA (Nevada, Texas).

Comments.

Apparently closely related to Anthrax irroratus , Anthrax oedipus has a narrow distribution in the Nearctic region but is widely distributed in all South America. In the USA it has been collected only in two southern states, while it occurs in most of the northern states of Mexico and one central state (Morelos); it may be present in most areas from Texas to Argentina.