Xenox

Xenox
Xenox tigrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Bombyliidae
Genus:Xenox
Evenhuis, 1985

Xenox is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are about five described species in Xenox,[1][2][3][4] all of which parasitize bees in the genus Xylocopa as larvae.[5]

Xenox tigrinus

Species

These five species belong to the genus Xenox:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Xenox Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Xenox". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. 1 2 "Xenox". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. 1 2 "Xenox Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. ↑ Evenhuis, Neal L. (19 April 1985). "The Status of the Genera of the Tribe Anthracini (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" (PDF). International Journal of Entomology. 27 (1–2): 167. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
  • Yeates, David K.; Greathead, David (1997). "The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60: 149–185.

  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  • Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site". Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  • Media related to Xenox at Wikimedia Commons
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