Anthracini
Thraxan Bee Fly
Anthrax Bee Fly I 
Villini
Villa Bee Fly
Villa Bee Fly 2 
 
 

                                               

Subfamily Anthracinae

Family Bombyliidae

This page contains pictures and information about Bee Flies in Subfamily Anthracinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
 
Anthracinae is a very large beefly subfamily. We found quite a number of species in this subfamily and listed in different tribes as below;
 
Anthracini - Black Bee Flies
 
Exoprosopini - Stout Bee Flies
 
Villini - Banded Bee Flies 
 
 

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 759.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p364.
3. Family BOMBYLIIDAE - Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog - Web Version, by Greg Daniels.
4. Cryptic species diversity and character congruence: review of the tribe Anthracini (Diptera : Bombyliidae) in Australia - David K. Yeates and Christine L. Lambkin, 1998.
5. An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera: Bombyliidae) - Lambkin CL, Yeates DK & Greathead DJ, Invertebrate Systematics, 2003.

 
 
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