Xenox
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| Xenox | |
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| Xenox tigrinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthracinae |
| Tribe: | Anthracini |
| Genus: | Xenox Evenhuis, 1985 |
Xenox is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five described species in Xenox, all of which parasitize bees in the genus Xylocopa as larvae.[1]
- Xenox delila (Loew, 1869)
- Xenox habrosus (Marston, 1970)
- Xenox nigritus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xenox tigrinus (De Geer, 1776) (tiger bee fly)
- Xenox xylocopae (Marston, 1970)
