Poecilognathus relativitae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Genus: | Poecilognathus |
Species: | P. relativitae
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Binomial name | |
Poecilognathus relativitae (
Evenhuis, 1985)
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Poecilognathus relativitae, originally known as Phthiria relativitae, is a species of fly of the family Bombyliidae, subfamily Phthiriinae, that is found in the American Southwest. It was discovered by Neal Evenhuis, who named it as a pun on " theory of relativity". [1]
Subsequent analysis revealed that the insect is not of the genus Phthiria, and it was renamed. [2]
Poecilognathus relativitae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Genus: | Poecilognathus |
Species: | P. relativitae
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Binomial name | |
Poecilognathus relativitae (
Evenhuis, 1985)
|
Poecilognathus relativitae, originally known as Phthiria relativitae, is a species of fly of the family Bombyliidae, subfamily Phthiriinae, that is found in the American Southwest. It was discovered by Neal Evenhuis, who named it as a pun on " theory of relativity". [1]
Subsequent analysis revealed that the insect is not of the genus Phthiria, and it was renamed. [2]