Namaquamyia

Namaquamyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Vermileonidae
Genus:	Namaquamyia ; Stuckenberg, 2002
Species:	N. manselli
Binomial name
	Namaquamyia manselli; (Stuckenberg, 2000)
Synonyms
	Namamyia Stuckenberg, 2000 (preoccupied); NamaqualandiaKoçak & Kemal, 2008;

Last updated July 30, 2025

Namaquamyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae, containing a single species from Namaqualand, Namaquamyia manselli. The genus was first described by Brian Roy Stuckenberg in 2000, who originally named it Namamyia (after the Nama people); this name was preoccupied by the caddisfly genus Namamyia Banks, 1905, so in 2002 Stuckenberg renamed the genus Namaqualandia (after Namaqualand).^[1]

References

1 2 Stuckenberg, B.R. (2002). "Namaquamyia, a replacement name for a South African genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera)". African Invertebrates. 43: 123. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
↑ Stuckenberg, B.R. (2000). "Namamyia, a new genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera) from Namaqualand, with a conspectus of the Southern African genera and an account of their adaptations for anthophily". Annals of the Natal Museum. 41: 181–202.
↑ Koçak, A.O.; Kemal, M. (2008). "Nomenclatural notes on some genus-group names in the order Diptera". Misc. PPRS, Centre Ent. Stud., Ankara. 144: 1–3.

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[Stuckenberg2002b-1] 1 2 Stuckenberg, B.R. (2002). "Namaquamyia, a replacement name for a South African genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera)". African Invertebrates. 43: 123. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

[Stuckenberg-2] Stuckenberg, B.R. (2000). "Namamyia, a new genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera) from Namaqualand, with a conspectus of the Southern African genera and an account of their adaptations for anthophily". Annals of the Natal Museum. 41: 181–202.

[KoçakKemal-3] Koçak, A.O.; Kemal, M. (2008). "Nomenclatural notes on some genus-group names in the order Diptera". Misc. PPRS, Centre Ent. Stud., Ankara. 144: 1–3.

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