Axymyia is a genus of nematoceran flies in the family Axymyiidae. It contains only one described species, Axymyia furcata, from eastern North America.[1][2][3] A second species, Axymyia japonica Ishida, 1953, is sometimes listed,[4] but this species is now generally placed in the related genus Protaxymyia.[5][6]

Axymyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Axymyiidae
Genus: Axymyia
McAtee, 1921
Species:
A. furcata
Binomial name
Axymyia furcata
McAtee, 1921

References

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  1. ^ "Axymyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ Wihlm, Matthew; Courtney, Gregory (2011). "The distribution and life history of Axymyia furcata McAtee (Diptera:Axymyhdae), a wood inhabiting, semi-aquatic fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113 (3): 385–398. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.113.3.385. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Axymyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, S.J.; Wood, D.M. (2014). "A new species of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America and a key to the Nearctic species". Zootaxa. 3857 (1): 101–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3857.1.4. PMID 25283098.
  5. ^ Zhang, J. (2010). "Two new genera and one new species of Jurassic Axymyiidae (Diptera: Nematocera), with revision and redescription of the extinct taxa". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (4): 455–464. doi:10.1603/AN09073.

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