Anthrax Scopoli 1763
Creators: name: El-Hawagry, Magdi S.
name: Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Anthrax

description: Genus ANTHRAX Scopoli
Anthrax Scopoli, 1763: 358. 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
Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry in El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 55. 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)
Argyramoeba chionanthrax Bezzi, 1926: 265. Type locality: Egypt.
Anthrax cairensis Paramonov, 1935: 10, 15, 25, 30 (key only).
Anthrax nanus Paramonov, 1935: 15, 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)
Argyromoeba dentata Becker, 1906: 148. Type locality: Tunisia.
Anthrax efflatouni Paramonov, 1935: 7, 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) 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 (Fig. 10)
Anthrax stictica Klug, 1832: pl. 30, fig. 14. Type locality: Saudi Arabia.
Argyramoeba polystigma Sack, 1909: 534.
Spongostylum quinquemaculatum Bezzi, 1920: 105.
Spongostylum quinquemaculatum Bezzi, 1924: 170.
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
Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859: 396. Type locality: Italy (Sicily).
Argyromoeba velox Loew, 1862: 82.
Argyromoeba virgo var. pedemontana Griffini, 1896: 2.
Spongostylum comatum Austen, 1937: 127.
Anthrax virgo ssp. hellenicus François, 1966: 174.
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.
description: Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S. & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2019, The family Bombyliidae in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), pp. 59-94 in Zootaxa 4590 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2651542