Biology:Merycomyia whitneyi

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Short description: Species of fly

Merycomyia whitneyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Chrysopsinae
Tribe: Bouvieromyiini
Genus: Merycomyia
Species:
M. whitneyi
Binomial name
Merycomyia whitneyi
(Johnson, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Merycomyia geminata Hine, 1912[2]
  • Merycomyia mixta Hine, 1912[2]
  • Tabanus whitneyi Johnson, 1904[1]

Merycomyia whitneyi is a species of deer flies in the family Tabanidae.[3][4] Larvae are known as sandworms and can be used as fish bait.[5]

Distribution

Canada , United States

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Johnson, C. W. (1904). "Some notes, and descriptions of four new Diptera". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (Cambridge Entomological Club) 11: 15–20. doi:10.1155/1904/24303. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13809385#page/27/mode/1up. Retrieved 4 December 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hine, J. S (1912). "Five new species of North American Tabanidae". The Ohio Naturalist 12: 513–516. https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/1757/V12N07_513.pdf?sequence=1. Retrieved 4 December 2015. 
  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. Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology (Associated Publishers) 1 (1): 1–100. 
  5. Philip, Cornelius B.; Weems, Howard V.; Fairchild, G. B. (1973). "Notes on Eastern Nearctic Haematopota, Merycomyia, and Chrysops, and Description of Male of C. zinzalus (Diptera: Tabanidae)". The Florida Entomologist 56 (4): 339–346. doi:10.2307/3493816. ISSN 0015-4040. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3493816. Retrieved 19 November 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14370256 entry