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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Anthracini |
| Genus: | Anthrax |
| Species: | A. irroratus
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Anthrax irroratus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.[2][3][4] It is widespread in North America, found across most of Canada and the United States as far north as Alaska and the Northwest Territories, and south into Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Puerto Rico.[5] The larvae are parasitoids of a variety of solitary bees and wasps across at least five different families.[6]
- ^ Say, Thomas (1823). "Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 73–104. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Anthrax irroratus Say, 1823". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Anthrax irroratus Say, 1823". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Anthrax irroratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J (1999). World catalog of the bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. xlviii + 756 pp. ISBN 90-5782-039-0. OCLC 248444103. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Marston, N.L. (1970). "Revision of the New World species of Anthrax (Diptera: Bombyliidae) other than Anthrax albofasciatus group" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 43: 1–148. Retrieved 15 July 2022.