Brachyanax

Brachyanax
Female B. aterrimus
B. leucostigma wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Tribe: Anthracini
Genus: Brachyanax
Evenhuis, 1981[1]
Type species
Brachyanax thelestrephones
Evenhuis, 1981[1]

Brachyanax is a genus of bee fly in the subfamily Anthracinae. It was circumscribed by Neal Evenhuis in 1981. Thirteen species are recognized, and they are found in Asia and Australasia.

  1. ^ a b Evenhuis, Neal L. (1981). "Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera) VI. Description of a new anthracine genus from the western Pacific, with notes on some of Matsumura's Anthrax types" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 23 (1–2): 189–200.