Biology:Tongamya

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Short description: Genus of flies

Tongamya
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mydidae
Subfamily: Megascelinae
Genus: Tongamya
Stuckenberg, 1966[1]
Type species
Tongamya miranda
Stuckenberg, 1966[1]

Tongamya is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.[2][3]

Species

  • Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966[1]
  • Tongamya stuckenbergi Irwin & Wiegmann, 2001[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stuckenberg, B.R. (1966). "A remarkable new genus and species of Apioceridae in South Africa (Diptera)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 73: 106-119. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Irwin, M.E.; Wiegmann, B.M. (2001). "A review of the southern African genus Tongamya (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae: Megascelinae), with a molecular assessment of the phylogenetic placement of Tongamya and the Megascelina". African Invertebrates 42: 225-253. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC84476. Retrieved 5 June 2023.