Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814) is a animal in the Bombyliidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814)

Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814)

Thyridanthrax fenestratus is a Palearctic bee fly whose larvae parasitize pupae of Pemphredon fabricii.

Family
Genus
Thyridanthrax
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814)

Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814) is a Palearctic species of bee fly belonging to the family Bombyliidae. It is distributed across the entire Palearctic region: its range covers all of Europe, extends through Greece, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan, and reaches as far east as China. The larvae of this species are parasitoids of the pupae of Pemphredon fabricii.

Photo: (c) Arnold Wijker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Arnold Wijker · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Bombyliidae Thyridanthrax

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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