Wyliea
Wyliea is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There is at least one described species in Wyliea, W. mydas.[1][2] The name came from C.H. Martin’s wife, Dorothy Wylie Martin, who was a collector of Asilidae.[3]
| Wyliea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Wyliea Martin, 1975 |
| Species: | W. mydas |
| Binomial name | |
| Wyliea mydas (Brauer, 1885) | |
References
- "Wyliea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Wyliea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- "Genus Wyliea - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Further reading
- Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.
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