Anthrax (fly)
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Bombyliidae
| image = Bombyliid_7294.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| familia = Bombyliidae
| genus = Anthrax
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Many Species
}}
Anthrax Scopoli 1763 is a genus of bombyliid flies, commonly known as "bee flies" due to their often remarkable resemblance to bees.
Anthrax is a large genus, and includes species parasitic to tiger beetles -- a trait unusual amongst the bombyliids.
The genus' type is Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758, later found to be a misidentification of Musca anthrax Schrank, 1781.