Microphthalma
Macquart, 1843
Species Guides
1- Microphthalma disjuncta(bristle fly)
Microphthalma is a of tachinid flies in the Tachinidae, first described by Macquart in 1843. The genus contains approximately 16 described distributed across multiple continents. As with other tachinids, members of this genus are flies whose larvae develop within insects. The genus name refers to the characteristically reduced found in these flies.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Microphthalma: /maɪˈkrɒfˌθælmə/
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Distribution
of Microphthalma have been recorded from North America (including Michigan), South America (Peru, Brazil), Europe, and Africa (Nigeria).
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Growth and life history of the mesopelagic mysid Meterythrops microphthalma in the southern Japan Sea
- A new species of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitizing the squat lobster Munida microphthalma A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 in the Southwestern Atlantic
- Rare yet everywhere: phylogenetic position of the enigmatic deep-sea shrimp Physetocaris microphthalma Chace, 1940 (Decapoda, Caridea)