Anthrax trifasciatus
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 trifasciatus
Visual Description
Anthrax trifasciatus is a bee fly characterized by a robust, hairy body typical of the family Bombyliidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a distinct pattern on its wings, which are often marked with dark, brownish or blackish bands or spots, consistent with its specific epithet trifasciatus (meaning "three-banded"). The body is generally covered in dense, often brownish or yellowish pubescence, which provides a bee-like appearance.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Anthrax trifasciatus has been documented visiting flowers, acting as a pollinator for various plant species. Interactions have been recorded with Teucrium capitatum (Lamiaceae) and species within the genus Crepis (Asteraceae).[2]
Research and Collections
The species was described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1804.[3] Specimens of Anthrax trifasciatus are held in various entomological collections, including the Zoological Museum of the “Babeș-Bolyai” University, where a specimen collected in Cluj in 1963 is preserved.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Anthrax / trifasciatus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anthrax trifasciatus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Anthrax%20trifasciatus. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Anthrax trifasciatus Meigen, 1804. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1667249. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Geanina-Magdalena Iacob; Andrei Crişan; Romanian Lepidopterological Society; Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci; Cristian Sitar. Catalog of Bombyliidae (Diptera) Collection “Lucia Duşa” from the Zoological Museum of “Babeş - Bolyai” University. Entomologica Romanica. 2018. https://doi.org/10.24193/entomolrom.22.5.