Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859

Arabyat, Sahar, Katbeh-Bader, Ahmad & Greathead, David, 2004, The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan, Zootaxa 654, pp. 1-48 : 28

Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859

Material: 14 specimens: Ira 15.VII.2002 (1Ψ); Ajlun 27.V.2002 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Ar Rumman 6.V.2002 (1Ψ); Ash Shawbak 7.VIII.2002 (1ɗ, 1Ψ); Ash Shunah 15.IX.1987 (1Ψ); Dayr Alla 25.V.1974 (1ɗ); Dibbin 13.V.2002 (1ɗ, 2Ψ); Jarash 8.V.2002 (1ɗ); Kafr Huda 2.IX.2002 (1ɗ); Mahis 15.VIII.2002 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey.

This species is common in Jordan. It has been reared from Anthocopa spp. ( Megachilidae ) (du Merle, 1975)