Genus Stonemyia

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food

Green eyed fly - Stonemyia isabellina - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Infraorder Tabanomorpha

Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)

Subfamily Pangoniinae

Genus Stonemyia

Pronunciation

Stone myia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Erected by James Brennan in 1953 to receive some North American tabanid species previously assigned to non-Nearctic genera (Burger 1985). Most of the species were placed in the genus Buplex.

Explanation of Names

Named in honour of Alan Stone, one of the great American tabanologists. Myia = fly.

Numbers

6 North American species, plus 1 Japanese species.

Size

moderate

Range

3 NA species are eastern, 3 western; all occur in the USA, 4 in Canada.

Food

Unlike most other tabanid species, none of the females of Stonemyia are known to feed on blood. Most are seen on flowers.

Contributed by Tony-2 on 26 June, 2005 - 5:40pm
Last updated 6 August, 2006 - 8:19pm

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