Scaptia muscula

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Scaptia muscula
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Genus: Scaptia
Species:
S. muscula
Binomial name
Scaptia muscula
, 1955[1] [2]

Scaptia muscula is a large horse fly native to Australia.

Ecology[]

The larva of Scaptia muscula lives in the pit trap of an antlion larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.[3]

References[]

  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.
  2. ^ "Scaptia muscula English, 1955". GBIF. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ Swanson, Mark (2007). "What are Antlions?". The Antlion Pit. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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