Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.5 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10491849 |
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Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893 |
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Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893: 209 View in CoL (in Empididae View in CoL ). Williston 1896: 73 (in Empididae View in CoL ). Melander, 1902: 337 (in Empididae View in CoL ). Aldrich, 1905: 218 (in Leptidae ). Cresson, 1915: 449 (in Empididae View in CoL ). Greene, 1924: 60. Melander, 1961: 161. Painter & Painter, 1965: 416. Cole & Schlinger, 1969: 238. Hull, 1973: 266. Painter, Painter & Hall, 1978: 11. Hall & Evenhuis, 1986: 327. Hall & Evenhuis, 1987: 596. Evenhuis, 2002a: 36. Evenhuis, 2022: 1. Type species: Mythicomyia riley Coquillett (1893) , by monotypy.
Diagnosis. [adapted from Hall (1976)]. Male holoptic; female dichoptic. Body destitute of macrochaetae. Head globular, attached by a distinct cervical sclerite; postcranium not produced; antennae with three segments, scape very short, nearly indiscernible, pedicel as long as wide, two flagellomeres and stylus placed subapically on the second flagellomere; proboscis short or long, almost always projecting beyond oral margin. Thorax humpbacked, higher than long, legs slender, tibiae at most with small apical spurs, pulvilli well developed, distinct; wing with costal vein incomplete, ending just beyond end of vein R 4+5, cell dm much longer than wide or open apically, well-developed keel-shaped anal lobe, vein separating basal cells not evident. Abdomen round, somewhat pointed with seven visible segments in both sexes. Males with or without secondary sexual character modifications on the legs (middle tibia and basitarsus of male of the nominate subgenus often contorted or, with modified shapes of and notches in mid and/or hind legs and presence of pegs and large setae). Male genitalia with epandrium large, ejaculatory apodeme with apex acute or truncated, lateral arms of parameral sheath thin with apex truncated or acute, gonocoxa simple or with lobe, gonostylus downward-directed, in the opposite direction to the epandrium.
Aldrich, J. M. (1905) A catalogue of North American Diptera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, 46 (1444), 1 - 680.
Cole, F. R. & Schlinger, E. I. (1969) The flies of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 693 pp.
Coquillett, D. W. (1893) An anomalous empid. Entomological News, 4, 208 - 210.
Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1915) A new genus and some new species belonging to the dipterous family Bombyliidae. Entomological News, 26, 200 - 207.
Evenhuis, N. L. (2002 a) Catalog of the Mythicomyiidae of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 10, 1 - 85.
Evenhuis, N. L. (2022) Old World species of Mythicomyia Coquillet (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae): examples of a relct genus?. Bishop Museum Ocassional Papers, 145, 1 - 14.
Greene, C. T. (1924) New species of Mythicomyia and relationship with a new genus (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 26, 60 - 64.
Hall, J. C. (1976) The Bombyliidae of Chile. University of California Publications in Entomology, 76, 1 - 278. [The issue date of 31 December 1975 printed in the volume is incorrect; correspondence with the publisher indicates that it was actually published in March 1976]
Hall, J. C. & Evenhuis, N. L. (1986) Family Bombyliidae. In: Griffiths, G. C. D. (Ed.), Flies of the Nearctic Region. Vol. V. Part 13. No. 5. E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 321 - 592.
Hall, J. C. & Evenhuis, N. L. (1987) Family Bombyliidae. In: Griffiths, G. C. D. (Ed.), Flies of the Nearctic Region. Vol. V. Part 13. No. 6. E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 593 - 656.
Hull, F. M. (1973) Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 286, 1 - 687. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 48406
Melander, A. L. (1902) A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 28, 195 - 367.
Melander, A. L. (1961) The genus Mythicomyia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Wasmann Journal of Biology, 18, 161 - 261. [1960]
Painter, R. H. & E. M. Painter. (1965) Family Bombyliidae. In: Stone, A., Sabrosky, C. W., Wirth, W. W., Foote, R. H. & Coulson, J. R. (Eds.), A catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., pp. 406 - 446.
Painter, R. H., Painter, E. M. & Hall, J. C. (1978) A catalog of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. 38. Family Bombyliidae. The Museum of Zoology of the University of S o Paulo, S o Paulo, 92 pp.
Williston, S. W. (1896) On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies). Transaction Entomological Society London, 1896, 253 - 449. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1896. tb 00965. x
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Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893
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Mythicomyia
| Evenhuis, N. L. 2022: 1 |
| Evenhuis, N. L. 2002: 36 |
| Hall, J. C. & Evenhuis, N. L. 1987: 596 |
| Hall, J. C. & Evenhuis, N. L. 1986: 327 |
| Painter, R. H. & Painter, E. M. & Hall, J. C. 1978: 11 |
| Hull, F. M. 1973: 266 |
| Cole, F. R. & Schlinger, E. I. 1969: 238 |
| Painter, R. H. & E. M. Painter 1965: 416 |
| Melander, A. L. 1961: 161 |
| Greene, C. T. 1924: 60 |
| Cresson, E. T. Jr. 1915: 449 |
| Aldrich, J. M. 1905: 218 |
| Melander, A. L. 1902: 337 |
| Williston, S. W. 1896: 73 |
| Coquillett, D. W. 1893: 209 |