Myioscaptia muscula

Myioscaptia muscula is a large horse fly native to Australia.[3]

Myioscaptia muscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Tribe: Scionini
Genus: Myioscaptia
Species:
M. muscula
Binomial name
Myioscaptia muscula
English, 1955[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Scaptia muscula English, 1955[1]

Ecology

The larva of Scaptia muscula lives in the pit trap of an antlion larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.[4]

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. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. Swanson, Mark (2007). "What are Antlions?". The Antlion Pit. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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