Biology:Mydas xanthopterus
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Short description: Species of fly
| Mydas xanthopterus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Mydidae |
| Subfamily: | Mydinae |
| Tribe: | Mydini |
| Genus: | Mydas |
| Species: | M. xanthopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mydas xanthopterus (Loew, 1866)[1]
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Mydas xanthopterus is a species of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.[3][4]
Mydas xanthopterus occur in North America (Mexico and the United States). They resemble red-winged Pepsis species and are possibly Batesian mimics. They occur in sympatry with Pepsis grossa.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8340129#page/21/mode/1up. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ Gerstaecker, A. (1868). "Systematische Uebersicht der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Mydaiden (Mydasii Latr.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 29: 65–103, pl. 1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33757219#page/71/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ↑ Wilcox, J.; Papavero, N.; Pimentel, T. (1989). Studies of Mydidae (Diptera). IVb. Mydas and allies in the Americas (Mydinae, Mydini). Belém: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. pp. 139 pp.
- ↑ Artigas, Jorge N.; Papavero, Nelson (1990). "Studies on Mydidae Diptera v. Phylogenetic and biogeographic notes key to the American genera and illustrations of spermathecae". Gayana Zoología 54: 87–116. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28893366#page/299/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ↑ Meyer, R. P.; McKenzie, T. L.; Zalom, F. G. (1984). "Association of Mydas xanthopterus (Loew) (Diptera: Mydidae) and Pepsis formosa Say (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona". Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60 (4): 357. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56448792.
Wikidata ☰ Q13867234 entry
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