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Genus Myiomyrmica

Ulidiid - Myiomyrmica fenestrata Fly with tiny little wings - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - female Fly with skinny wings - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - male Picture-winged Fly - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - female Ant mimicking fly at Loda Cemetery Prairie: Myiomyrmica fenestrata? - Myiomyrmica fenestrata - male Myrmecothea myrmecoides JWP 080319 - Myiomyrmica fenestrata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Otitinae
Tribe Cephaliini
Genus Myiomyrmica
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Myiomyrmica Steyskal 1961
Explanation of Names
Literally "fly-ant", in reference to the antlike shape.