Nothomyia

Keith Bayless

Nothomyia alticola
Nothomyia bicolor
Nothomyia borgmeieri
Nothomyia brevis
Nothomyia calopus
Nothomyia fallax
Nothomyia fasciatipennis
Nothomyia flavipes
Nothomyia intensica
Nothomyia longisetosa
Nothomyia lopesi
Nothomyia metallica
Nothomyia nigra
Nothomyia parvicornis
Nothomyia scutellata
Nothomyia viridis
Nothomyia woodruffi

Introduction

Most species of Nothomyia are from Brazil, Central America, and the Caribbean. N. bicolor is from Java (Indonesia) and N. brevis is from New Caledonia (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Nothomyia is distinguished from other Nearctic Prosopochrysini by the aristate antenna and the two scutellar spines (James 1981).

References

James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.

Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Information on the Internet

Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Nothomyia calopus.
Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Nothomyia nigra.
Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Nothomyia scutellata.

About This Page

Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Keith Bayless at

First online 28 September 2008
Content changed 28 September 2008

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