Anthrax euplanes
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Anthrax
- Species: Anthrax euplanes
Visual Description
Anthrax euplanes is a species of bee fly within the family Bombyliidae. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus Anthrax. The specimens exhibit a robust, somewhat flattened body form typical of the group. The wings are notably patterned, featuring distinct dark, opaque markings that cover a significant portion of the wing base and anterior margin, a common diagnostic trait for many species in this genus. The body is covered in dense, fine setae (hairs), which contribute to the fly's overall appearance.[1]
Taxonomic History
Anthrax euplanes was originally described by Hermann Loew in 1869 under the basionym Argyromoeba euplanes. The description was published in his work Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria octava.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Anthrax / euplanes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anthrax euplanes (Loew, 1869). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1666800. Accessed 2026-07-14.