Thyridanthrax, Osten Sacken, 1886

El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2019, The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), Zootaxa 4590 (1), pp. 59-94 : 82

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932475

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scientific name

Thyridanthrax
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Genus THYRIDANTHRAX Osten Sacken View in CoL View at ENA

Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken, 1886: 113 View in CoL . Type species: Anthrax selene Osten Sacken, 1886 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Coquillett, 1910: 615.

Hosts: Eggs of Acrididae , cocoons of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) , pupae of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) , pupa of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) and pupae of the tsetse-fly [ Glossina spp., Diptera ] ( Austen 1929; Hull 1973; Yeates & Greathead 1997).

Thyridanthrax anomalus Greathead, 1980

Thyridanthrax anomalus Greathead, 1980b: 324 View in CoL . Type locality: Saudi Arabia.

Distribution: PA: Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Makkah: Wadi Fatimah (Al-Jamoum Gov.).

Dates of collection: October.

Thyridanthrax decipulus ( Austen, 1937) View in CoL

Villa decipulus Austen, 1937: 143 View in CoL . Type locality: Palestine ( West Bank).

Distribution: AF: Oman, Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], United Arab Emirates. PA: Israel, Palestine ( West Bank), Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: nr. Al-Mekhwa (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Al-Qasim: Bureida City (Bureida Gov.).

Dates of collection: May.

Thyridanthrax mutilus ( Loew, 1869) View in CoL

Anthrax mutilus Loew, 1869: 159 View in CoL . Type locality: Greece (Rhodes).

Distribution: PA: Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey.

Saudi Arabian localities: Tabuk: nr. Tabuk City (Tabuk Gov.).

Dates of collection: March and April.

Thyridanthrax perspicillaris ( Loew, 1869) View in CoL

Anthrax perspicillaris Loew, 1869: 157 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy, Greece, probably Kazakhstan [as “Südrussland”] and Syria or Turkey [as “Klein-Asien”].

Anthrax gallus Loew, 1869: 155 View in CoL .

Anthrax hispanus Loew, 1869: 158 View in CoL .

Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1920: 108 View in CoL .

Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1921: 136 View in CoL .

Thyridanthrax ternarius Bezzi, 1924: 210 View in CoL .

Distribution: AF: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, South Africa, Sudan, United Arab Emirates. OR: Pakistan. PA: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece (incl. Rhodes), Gruzia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy (incl. Sicily), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Libya, Morocco, Mongolia, Palestine ( West Bank), Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Haiel: 40 km W of Haiel, Haiel City, Saqf (Haiel Gov.). Makkah: nr. El-Leith (El-Leith Gov.). Riyadh: Riyadh City (Riyadh Gov.).

Dates of collection: March and October.

Austen, E. E. (1929) The tsetse-fly parasites belonging to the genus Thyridanthrax (Diptera, Family Bombyliidae), with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 20, 151 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300021052

Austen, E. E. (1937) The Bombyliidae of Palestine. British Museum (Natural History), London, 188 pp.

Bezzi, M. (1920) Ditteri raccolti de Leonardo Fea durante il suo viaggio nell'Africa occidentale. Parte II: Bombyliidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia natural Giacomo Doria, 49, 98 - 114.

Bezzi, M. (1921) On the bombyliid fauna of South Africa (Diptera) as represented in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 18, 1 - 180.

Bezzi, M. (1924) The Bombyliidae of the Ethiopian Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, 390 pp.

Coquillett, D. W. (1910) The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 37, 499 - 647. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.37 - 1719.499

Hull, F. M. (1973) Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 286, 1 - 687.

Loew, H. (1869) Beschreibungen europaischer Dipteren. Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Erster Band. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweifliigeligen Insecten. Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband. H. W. Schmidt, Halle, 310 pp.

Osten Sacken, C. R. (1886) Diptera [part]. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali- Americana. Zoologia. Insecta. Diptera. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 105 - 128.

Yeates, D. K. & Greathead, D. J. (1997) The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae: a diverse family of parasitoid flies (Diptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60 (2), 149 - 185. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8312.1997. tb 01490. x

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

SubFamily

Anthracinae

Tribe

Villini