Isalomyia Explained

Isalomyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae. It contains a single species Isalomyia irwini, endemic to Madagascar. It is closedly related to Alhajarmyia, a genus from the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Stuckenberg . B.R. . A redescription of Isalomyia irwini Stuckenberg, the wormlion fly of Madagascar, related to an Arabian species for which the new genus Alhajarmyia is erected (Diptera: Vermileonidae) . African Invertebrates . 2003 . 44 . 2 . 191–201 . 2 June 2022.
  2. Swart . V. R. . Kirk-Spriggs . A.H. . Copeland . R.S. . A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications . Zootaxa . 2015 . 4044 . 4 . 556–566 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.5 . free.

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