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Anthrax aygulus Fabricius, 1805 Body black. Lateral surfaces of first abdominal segment densely covered with long white hairs. The basal half of the wing is obliquely black, and the transparent apical half has two black spots. This fly is a parasitoid of many wasp and bee species.

Host-parasite relationship
Parasitizing Anterhynchium flavomarginatum, Orancistrocerus drewseni, Megachile sculpturalis, Sceliphron deforme, etc.
Bombyliidae
Anthrax

Body length : 10-14 mm
Distribution in Japan : Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu



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