Merycomyia whitneyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Chrysopsinae
Tribe: Bouvieromyiini
Genus: Merycomyia
Species:
M. whitneyi
Binomial name
Merycomyia whitneyi
(Johnson, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Merycomyia geminata Hine, 1912[2]
  • Merycomyia mixta Hine, 1912[2]
  • Tabanus whitneyi Johnson, 1904[1]

Merycomyia whitneyi is a species of deer flies in the family Tabanidae.[3][4] Larvae are known as sandworms and can be used as fish bait.[5]

Distribution

Canada, United States

References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, C. W. (1904). "Some notes, and descriptions of four new Diptera". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Cambridge Entomological Club. 11: 15–20. doi:10.1155/1904/24303. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hine, J. S (1912). "Five new species of North American Tabanidae" (PDF). The Ohio Naturalist. 12: 513–516. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. Associated Publishers. 1 (1): 1–100.
  5. ↑ Philip, Cornelius B.; Weems, Howard V.; Fairchild, G. B. (1973). "Notes on Eastern Nearctic Haematopota, Merycomyia, and Chrysops, and Description of Male of C. zinzalus (Diptera: Tabanidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 56 (4): 339–346. doi:10.2307/3493816. ISSN 0015-4040. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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