Anthrax, Scopoli, 1763

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 : 71-72

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Genus ANTHRAX Scopoli View in CoL View at ENA

Anthrax Scopoli, 1763: 358 View in CoL . Type species: Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Hosts: Larvae and pupae of bees, wasps, Mymeleontidae and Cicindellidae ( Hull 1973; Yeates & Greathead 1997).

Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry, 2013 View in CoL

Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry in El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 55 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Type locality: Saudi Arabia.

Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”].

Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: Al-Mekhwa City, Aqabet Al-Baha-Tihama (Al-Mekhwa Gov.), Ghabet Raghdan, Ghabet Shahba (Al-Baha Gov.).

Dates of collection: March to June.

Anthrax chionanthrax ( Bezzi, 1926) View in CoL

Argyramoeba chionanthrax Bezzi, 1926: 265 View in CoL . Type locality: Egypt.

Anthrax cairensis Paramonov, 1935: 10 , 15, 25, 30 (key only).

Anthrax nanus Paramonov, 1935: 15 View in CoL , 30 (key only).

Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”]. PA: Egypt, Israel.

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

Dates of collection: March and April.

Anthrax dentata ( Becker, 1906) View in CoL

Argyromoeba dentata Becker, 1906: 148 View in CoL . Type locality: Tunisia.

Anthrax efflatouni Paramonov, 1935: 7 View in CoL , 22.

Distribution: AF: Aldabra, Chad, Eritrea, Kenya, Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Tanzania, Yemen (incl. Socotra). PA: Algeria, Andorra, Egypt, Hungary, Israel, Italy (incl. Sicily), Libya, Malta, Morocco, Palestine ( West Bank), Spain, Tunisia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Asir: Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.).

Dates of collection: June.

Anthrax ricardoae Greathead, 2003 ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 8–13 ) Argyromoeba fuscipennis Ricardo, 1903: 366 . Type locality: Yemen (Sokotra). [Preoccupied by Macquart, 1834.]. Anthrax ricardoae Greathead, 2003: 91 (new replacement name for Argyromoeba fuscipennis Ricardo ). Distribution: AF: Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Yemen (Sokotra). PA: Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: Baljurash City (Baljurashi Gov.), Ghabet Raghdan (Al-Baha Gov.), Ghabet

Shahba (Al-Baha Gov.). Asir: Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.). Haiel: Al-Nefud, 20 km SW of Haiel,

Leheb (Haiel Gov.). Jazan: Abu-Arish (Abu-Arish Gov.). Makkah: 40 miles S of Jeddah ( Jeddah Gov.) .

Riyadh: Wadi Hanifa (Riyadh Gov.). Dates of collection: February to October .

Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832 View in CoL ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 8–13 )

Anthrax stictica Klug, 1832 View in CoL : pl. 30, fig. 14. Type locality: Saudi Arabia.

Argyramoeba polystigma Sack, 1909: 534 View in CoL .

Spongostylum quinquemaculatum Bezzi, 1920: 105 View in CoL .

Spongostylum quinquemaculatum Bezzi, 1924: 170 View in CoL .

Distribution: AF: Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia [as “South western part”], Senegal. PA: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Gruzia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Palestine ( West Bank), Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia.

Saudi Arabian localities: Al-Baha: Al-Mekhwa City, Jabal Shada Al A’Ala Protected Area (Al-Mekhwa Gov.). Asir: Raydah Protected Area (Abha Gov.).

Dates of collection: March to July.

Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859 View in CoL

Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859: 396 View in CoL . Type locality: Italy (Sicily).

Argyromoeba velox Loew, 1862: 82 .

Argyromoeba virgo var. pedemontana Griffini, 1896: 2 View in CoL .

Spongostylum comatum Austen, 1937: 127 View in CoL .

Anthrax virgo ssp. hellenicus François, 1966: 174 View in CoL .

Distribution: PA: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Israel, Italy (incl. Sicily), Libya, Malta, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.

Saudi Arabian localities: Tabuk: 50 km SE of Haql (Haql Gov.).

Dates of collection: March.

References

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Becker, T. (1906) Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen Fruhjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis 1906 [part]. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 6, 145 - 158.

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

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Scopoli, J. A. (1763) Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae, indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnaeana. I. T. Trattner, Vindobonae [= Vienna], 420 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119976

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