Axymyia

Axymyia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Axymyiidae
Genus:	Axymyia McAtee, 1921
Species:	A. furcata
Binomial name
Axymyia furcata McAtee, 1921

Axymyia is a genus of nematoceran flies in the family Axymyiidae. It contains only one described species, Axymyia furcata, from eastern North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]} A second species, Axymyia japonicaIshida, 1953, is sometimes listed, ^[4] but this species is now generally placed in the related genus Protaxymyia . ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Axymyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Axymyia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. Wihlm, Matthew; Courtney, Gregory (2011). "The distribution and life history of Axymyia furcata McAtee (Diptera:Axymyhdae), a wood inhabiting, semi-aquatic fly" . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113 (3): 385–398. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.113.3.385 . Retrieved 9 May 2021.
4. "Axymyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
5. Fitzgerald, S.J.; Wood, D.M. (2014). "A new species of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America and a key to the Nearctic species". Zootaxa . 3857 (1): 101–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.4. PMID   25283098.
6. Zhang, J. (2010). "Two new genera and one new species of Jurassic Axymyiidae (Diptera: Nematocera), with revision and redescription of the extinct taxa". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 103 (4): 455–464. doi:10.1603/AN09073.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.