Poecilanthrax Californicus
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''Poecilanthrax'' is a large, primarily
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belonging to the family
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. These are large to large robust flies with a body length of 8–14 mm. They have large elongate pictured wings, with 2 or 3 submarginal cells and no vein M2. The abdomen is moderately lengthened, with 7 visible
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s. The front tarsi are reduced, and the
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smooth. The
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e feed on the
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. Adults feed on pollen.


Species

* '' Poecilanthrax alcyon'' ( Say, 1824) i c b * '' Poecilanthrax alpha'' ( Osten Sacken, 1877) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax apache'' Painter & Hall, 1960 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax arethusa'' ( Osten Sacken, 1886) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax arizonensis'' Taber, 2008 c g * '' Poecilanthrax autumnalis'' (Cole, 1917) i c g * '' Poecilanthrax bicellata'' ( Macquart, 1847) c g b * '' Poecilanthrax brachypus'' Calderwood, 1995 c g * '' Poecilanthrax californicus'' (Cole, 1917) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax colei'' Johnson and Johnson, 1957 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax demogorgon'' (Walker, 1849) i c g * '' Poecilanthrax effrenus'' ( Coquillett, 1887) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax eremicus'' Painter & Hall, 1960 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax fasciatus'' Johnson & Johnson, 1957 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax flaviceps'' (Loew, 1869) c g * '' Poecilanthrax fuliginosus'' ( Loew, 1869) c b * '' Poecilanthrax hyalinipennis'' Painter & Hall, 1960 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax ingens'' Johnson & Johnson, 1957 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax interruptus'' Painter & Hall, 1960 c g * '' Poecilanthrax johnsonorum'' Painter and Hall, 1960 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax litoralis'' Painter & Hall, 1960 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax loewi'' Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999 c g * '' Poecilanthrax lucifer'' (
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i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax macquarti'' Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999 c g * '' Poecilanthrax marmoreus'' Johnson and Johnson, 1957 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax mexicanus'' Painter, 1969 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax moffitti'' Painter and Hall, 1960 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax montanus'' Painter and Hall, 1960 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax monticola'' Johnson & Johnson, 1957 c g b * '' Poecilanthrax nigripennis'' (Cole, 1917) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax painteri'' Maughan, 1935 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax pallidifrons'' Evenhuis, 1977 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax pilosus'' (Cole, 1917) i c g * '' Poecilanthrax poecilogaster'' ( Osten Sacken, 1886b) c g b * '' Poecilanthrax robustus'' Johnson and Johnson, 1957 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax sackenii'' ( Coquillett, 1887) c g b * '' Poecilanthrax signatipennis'' (Cole, 1917) i c g * '' Poecilanthrax tanbarkensis'' Painter and Hall, 1960 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax tegminipennis'' ( Say, 1824) i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax varius'' Painter & Hall, 1960 i c g b * '' Poecilanthrax vexativus'' Painter and Hall, 1960 i c g * '' Poecilanthrax willistonii'' ( Coquillett, 1887) i c b * '' Poecilanthrax zionensis'' Johnson and Johnson, 1957 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


References

{{Authority control Bombyliidae genera Diptera of North America Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken