Mydas_xanthopterus

<i>Mydas xanthopterus</i>

Mydas xanthopterus

Species of fly

Mydas xanthopterus is a species of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.[3][4]

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Mydas xanthopterus occur in North America (Mexico and the United States). They resemble red-winged Pepsis species and are possibly Batesian mimics. They occur in sympatry with Pepsis grossa.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria Septima". Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    Gerstaecker, A. (1868). "Systematische Uebersicht der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Mydaiden (Mydasii Latr.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 29: 65–103, pl. 1. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    Wilcox, J.; Papavero, N.; Pimentel, T. (1989). Studies of Mydidae (Diptera). IVb. Mydas and allies in the Americas (Mydinae, Mydini). Belém: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. pp. 139 pp.
  4. [4]
    Artigas, Jorge N.; Papavero, Nelson (1990). "Studies on Mydidae Diptera v. Phylogenetic and biogeographic notes key to the American genera and illustrations of spermathecae". Gayana Zoología. 54: 87–116. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. [5]
    Meyer, R. P.; McKenzie, T. L. & Zalom, F. G. (1984). "Association of Mydas xanthopterus (Loew) (Diptera: Mydidae) and Pepsis formosa Say (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 60 (4): 357.


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