Myioscaptia muscula

Myioscaptia muscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Tribe: Scionini
Genus: Myioscaptia
Species:
M. muscula
Binomial name
Myioscaptia muscula
English, 1955
Synonyms

Myioscaptia muscula is a large horse fly native to Australia.

Ecology

The larva of Scaptia muscula lives in the pit trap of an antlion larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.

References

  1. 1 2 English, K.M.I. (1955). "Notes on the morphology and biology of Scaptia vicina Tayl. and a new species of Scaptia (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 79: 219–229.
  2. ↑ "Scaptia muscula English, 1955". GBIF. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Swanson, Mark (2007). "What are Antlions?". The Antlion Pit. Retrieved 24 February 2016.