Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides

Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Genus:	Parastratiosphecomyia
Species:	P. stratiosphecomyioides
Binomial name
	Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides; Brunetti, 1923

Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand.^[2]^[3] Its genus name comes from Ancient Greek, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its species name meaning "wasp fly-like". It is considered to be the animal with the longest valid scientific name;^[4] the name Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid.^[5] The proposed name for a bacterium, Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis, is a longer name, but it is not an animal, and under the rules of nomenclature for bacteria, the name still must be published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) before it is accepted as valid.^[6] P. stratiosphecomyioides, sometimes referred to as the Southeast Asian soldier fly, was described in 1923 by British entomologist Enrico Brunetti.

Markings and coloration[]

Given its wasp-like appearance, P. stratiosphecomyioides might exhibit Batesian mimicry, which could reduce its frequency of being eaten by predators.

References[]

^ Brunetti, Enrico Adelelmo (1923). "Second revision of the Oriental Stratiomyidae". Records of the Indian Museum. (Calcutta). 25: 45–180.
^ "Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides". Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^ Woodley, Norman E. 2012. Revision of the southeast Asian soldier-fly genus Parastratiosphecomyia Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae) Zookeys 238: 1–21.
^ "ADW: Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ Nomenclature, International Commission on Zoological (1929). "Opinion 105. Dybowski's (1926) Names of Crustacea Suppressed". Opinions Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: Opinions 105 to 114. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 73. pp. 1–3. hdl:10088/23619. BHL page 8911139.
^ Chambers, James; Sparks, Natalie; Sydney, Natashia; Livingstone, Paul G.; Cookson, Alan R.; Whitworth, David E. (2020). "Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov". Genome Biology and Evolution. evaa212 (12): 2289–2302. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa212. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 7846144. PMID 33022031.