Biology:Myioscaptia muscula

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Myioscaptia muscula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Tribe: Scionini
Genus: Myioscaptia
Species:
M. muscula
Binomial name
Myioscaptia muscula
English, 1955[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Scaptia muscula English, 1955[1]

Myioscaptia muscula is a large horse fly native to Australia .[3]

Ecology

The larva of Scaptia muscula lives in the pit trap of an antlion larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34962369. 
  2. "Scaptia muscula English, 1955". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/107046007. Retrieved 24 February 2016. 
  3. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue.". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements 7: 1–320. https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf. Retrieved 11 September 2022. 
  4. Swanson, Mark (2007). "What are Antlions?". http://www.antlionpit.com/what.html. Retrieved 24 February 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14742951 entry