Messiasia

Messiasia is a genus of mydas flies in the family Mydidae. There are about 18 described species in Messiasia.[1][2][3][4]

Messiasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mydidae
Subfamily:	Mydinae
Genus:	Messiasia d'Andretta, 1951

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Messiasia:

• Messiasia californica Cole, 1970 ^{i c g}
• Messiasia carioca Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia carrerai Andretta, 1951 ^{c g}
• Messiasia dalcyana Andretta, 1951 ^{c g}
• Messiasia decor (Osten Sacken, 1886) ^{c g}
• Messiasia lanei Andretta, 1951 ^{c g}
• Messiasia mocoronga Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia notospila (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Messiasia painteri Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia penai Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia pertenuis (Johnson, 1926) ^{i c g b}
• Messiasia polita (Wiedemann, 1828) ⁱ
• Messiasia punicea (Seguy, 1928) ^{c g}
• Messiasia uaupes Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia virgata (Wiedemann, 1830) ^{c g}
• Messiasia wilcoxi Papavero, 1976 ^{c g}
• Messiasia yacochuya Wilcox, 1975 ^{c g}
• Messiasia zikani Andretta, 1951 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Messiasia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. "Browse Messiasia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
3. "Messiasia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. "Messiasia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.