''Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides'' is a species of fly in the family
Stratiomyidae
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extan ...
. It is native to Thailand.
[Woodley, Norman E. 2012. Revision of the southeast Asian soldier-fly genus Parastratiosphecomyia Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae) Zookeys 238: 1–21.] Its genus name comes from
Ancient Greek, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its species name meaning "wasp fly-like". It is considered to be the animal with the longest valid
scientific name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
; the name ''Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis'' was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid. The proposed name for the bacterium ''
Myxococcus '' is longer, but it is not an animal, and under the
rules of nomenclature for bacteria, the name still must be published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) before it is accepted as valid.
''P. stratiosphecomyioides'', sometimes referred to as the Southeast Asian soldier fly, was described in 1923 by
British entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
Enrico Brunetti
Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti (22 May 1862 – 21 January 1927) was a British musician and entomologist. He specialized in the Diptera and worked for many years in India.
Brunetti was born in London. His mother was from Bath, Somersetshire and his ...
. This insect is usually between 10.3 and 10.4 mm.
Markings and coloration
Given its wasp-like appearance, ''P. stratiosphecomyioides'' might exhibit
Batesian mimicry
Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, after his work on bu ...
, which could reduce its frequency of being eaten by predators.
See also
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List of long species names
References
External links
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Stratiomyidae
Insects described in 1923
Taxa named by Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti
Diptera of Asia
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