Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides

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Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Pachygastrinae
Genus: Parastratiosphecomyia
Species:
P. stratiosphecomyioides
Binomial name
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides
Brunetti, 1923 [1]

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 specific epithet 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loricatobaicalensis, an amphipod described in 1926 by Benedykt Dybowski, was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid, and the bacterium Myxococcus llanfair­pwll­gwyn­gyll­go­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch­ensis has the longest name of any organism, but it is not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]

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Markings and coloration

Given its wasp-like appearance, P. stratiosphecomyioides might exhibit Batesian mimicry, which could reduce its frequency of being eaten by predators.

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References

  1. ↑ Brunetti, Enrico Adelelmo (1923). "Second revision of the Oriental Stratiomyidae". Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta). 25: 45–180.
  2. ↑ "Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides". Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ Woodley, Norman E. 2012. Revision of the southeast Asian soldier-fly genus Parastratiosphecomyia Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae) Zookeys 238: 1–21.
  4. ↑ "ADW: Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Nomenclature, International Commission on Zoological (1929). "Opinion 105. Dybowski's (1926) Names of Crustacea Suppressed". Opinions Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: Opinions 105 to 114. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 73. pp. 1–3. hdl: 10088/23619 . BHL page 8911139.
  6. ↑ "IRMNG - Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus Dybowski, 1926". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  7. ↑ Oren, Aharon; Garrity, George M. (2021). "Valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM" . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (9): 004943. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004943. ISSN   1466-5034.
  8. ↑ Woodley, Norman E. (2012-11-05). "Revision of the southeast Asian soldier-fly genus Parastratiosphecomyia Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae)". ZooKeys (238): 1–21. Bibcode:2012ZooK..238....1W. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.238.3999 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3496941 . PMID   23226704.


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