Anthrax irroratus

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| genus = Anthrax

| species = irroratus

| authority = Say, 1823{{Cite journal |last=Say |first=Thomas |date=1823 |title=Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668664#page/83/mode/1up |journal=Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |volume=3 |pages=73–104 |accessdate=1 May 2020}}

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Anthrax irroratus is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.{{Cite taxon |col|title=Anthrax irroratus Say, 1823 |id=67GKQ |access-date=2024-12-30 }}{{GBIF |title=Anthrax irroratus Say, 1823 |id=1667098 |access-date=2024-12-30}}{{Cite web |title=Anthrax irroratus Species Information |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6582 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=BugGuide.net}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Evenhuis |first=N.L. |url=http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/bombcat/ |title=World catalog of the bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) |last2=Greathead |first2=D.J |date=1999 |publisher=Backhuys Publishers |isbn=90-5782-039-0 |location=Leiden |pages=xlviii + 756 pp |oclc=248444103 |access-date=10 July 2022}} The larvae are parasitoids of a variety of solitary bees and wasps across at least five different families.{{Cite journal |last=Marston |first=N.L. |date=1970 |title=Revision of the New World species of Anthrax (Diptera: Bombyliidae) other than Anthrax albofasciatus group |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5287/SCtZ-0043-Hi_res.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |volume=43 |pages=1–148 |access-date=15 July 2022}}