Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
Genus: | Parastratiosphecomyia |
Species: | P. stratiosphecomyioides |
Binomial name | |
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides | |
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand. [2] [3] Its genus name comes from Ancient Greek, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its species name meaning "wasp fly-like". It is considered to be the animal with the longest valid scientific name; [4] the name Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis, an amphipod described in 1926 by Benedykt Dybowski, was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid, and the bacterium Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis has the longest name of any organism, but it is not an animal. [5] [6] [7] P. stratiosphecomyioides, sometimes referred to as the Southeast Asian soldier fly, was described in 1923 by British entomologist Enrico Brunetti. This insect is usually between 10.3 and 10.4 mm. [8]
Given its wasp-like appearance, P. stratiosphecomyioides might exhibit Batesian mimicry, which could reduce its frequency of being eaten by predators.
The soldier flies are a family of flies. The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide. Larvae are found in a wide array of locations, mostly in wetlands, damp places in soil, sod, under bark, in animal excrement, and in decaying organic matter. Adults are found near larval habitats. They are diverse in size and shape, though they commonly are partly or wholly metallic green, or somewhat wasplike mimics, marked with black and yellow or green and sometimes metallic. They are often rather inactive flies which typically rest with their wings placed one above the other over the abdomen.
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Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
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Solva is a fly genus in the family Xylomyidae, the "wood soldier flies".
Parastratiosphecomyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
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Paraberismyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Caenocephaloides is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Eudmeta is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Ruba is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Cibotogaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Afrodontomyia is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.