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Species Mydas maculiventris

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Mydidae (Mydas Flies)
Subfamily Mydinae
Genus Mydas
Species maculiventris (Mydas maculiventris)
Size
Circa 20 mm
Identification
It is a very good mimic of a Polistes, looking similar to what is likely Polistes metricus, such as:
Range
Southeastern United States? Reported from North Carolina, Florida.
Season
Reported June-July in coastal plain of North Carolina (1).
Print References
Brimley, p. 335, reports from coastal plain of North Carolina (1).
Deyrup, Florida's Fabulous Insects, p. 134--photo, apparently of this species (2)
Genung, W. G. (1959). Biological and Ecological Observations on Mydas maculiventris Westwood (Diptera: Mydaidae) as a Predator of White Grubs. The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 42, pp. 35-37 (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
2.Florida's Fabulous Insects
Mark Deyrup, Brian Kenney, Thomas C. Emmel. 2000. World Publications.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 28 March, 2005 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 2 September, 2019 - 6:14pm

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