Messiasia

Messiasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Mydidae
Subfamily:Mydinae
Genus:Messiasia
d'Andretta, 1951

Messiasia is a genus of mydas flies in the family Mydidae. There are about 18 described species in Messiasia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Messiasia:

  • Messiasia californica Cole, 1970 i c g
  • Messiasia carioca Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia carrerai Andretta, 1951 c g
  • Messiasia dalcyana Andretta, 1951 c g
  • Messiasia decor (Osten Sacken, 1886) c g
  • Messiasia lanei Andretta, 1951 c g
  • Messiasia mocoronga Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia notospila (Wiedemann, 1828) c g
  • Messiasia painteri Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia penai Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia pertenuis (Johnson, 1926) i c g b
  • Messiasia polita (Wiedemann, 1828) i
  • Messiasia punicea (Seguy, 1928) c g
  • Messiasia uaupes Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia virgata (Wiedemann, 1830) c g
  • Messiasia wilcoxi Papavero, 1976 c g
  • Messiasia yacochuya Wilcox, 1975 c g
  • Messiasia zikani Andretta, 1951 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Messiasia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Messiasia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. 1 2 "Messiasia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. 1 2 "Messiasia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

  • Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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