Xenox tigrinus

Xenox tigrinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Genus:	Xenox
Species:	X. tigrinus
Binomial name
	Xenox tigrinus; (De Geer, 1776)
Synonyms
	Nemotelus tigrinus De Geer, 1776; Anthrax tigrinus (De Geer, 1776); Anthrax scripta Say, 1823;

The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario.^[1] It formerly went by the name Anthrax tigrinus.^[2] The distinctive wing pattern may resemble tiger stripes, giving the tiger bee fly its name. Like other members of the bee fly family, the tiger bee fly parasitizes the larvae of other insects.

^ Ávalos-Hernández, Omar; Kits, Joel; Trujano-Ortega, Marysol; García-Vázquez, Uri; Cano-Santana, Zenon (2014-03-07). "New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico". ZooKeys (422): 49–85. Bibcode:2014ZooK..422...49A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.422.7598. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4109446. PMID 25061389.
^ Prager, Sean M. (2014-12-01). "Comparison of social and solitary nesting carpenter bees in sympatry reveals no advantage to social nesting". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (4): 998–1010. doi:10.1111/bij.12395. ISSN 0024-4066.

[1] Ávalos-Hernández, Omar; Kits, Joel; Trujano-Ortega, Marysol; García-Vázquez, Uri; Cano-Santana, Zenon (2014-03-07). "New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico". ZooKeys (422): 49–85. Bibcode:2014ZooK..422...49A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.422.7598. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4109446. PMID 25061389.

[:0-2] Prager, Sean M. (2014-12-01). "Comparison of social and solitary nesting carpenter bees in sympatry reveals no advantage to social nesting". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (4): 998–1010. doi:10.1111/bij.12395. ISSN 0024-4066.

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