The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan Author Arabyat, Sahar Author Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad Author Greathead, David text Zootaxa 2004 654 1 48 journal article 41610 10.5281/zenodo.158701 c29316f8-6832-4e1c-9150-c2d2c9d4a540 1175­5326 158701 Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832 Material : Three specimens: As Salt 1.IX.1993 (1Ψ); Wadi Shuqayq 24.IX.2002 (2ɗ). Distribution : Afrotropical: Chad , Eritrea , Guinea­Bissau , Nigeria , Senegal . Palaearctic: Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Cyprus , Greece , Gruzia , Iran , Italy , Kyrgyz Republic , Macedonia , Oman , Palestine , Syria , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Yugoslavia . Greathead (1967) suggested that this species is a parasite of mud dauber wasps ( Sphecidae ) ( El­Hawagry et al 2000 ) and has also been reared from megachilid bees (du Merle, 1975 ).