Myiomma Puton, 1872
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4422945 |
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Myiomma Puton, 1872 View in CoL View at ENA
Myiomma Puton, 1872: 177 View in CoL (as new genus); Schuh 1995: 12–15 (catalogue); Akingbohungbe 1996: 121–166 (diagnosis, key and review of species of Africa, Europe and Middle East); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 6 (catalogue); Schuh: 2002–2013 (online catalogue); Henry & Carpintero 2012: 46 View Cited Treatment (diagnosis, key and review of species of Argentina and Paraguay).
Type species: Myiomma fieberi Puton, 1872 View in CoL from France, by monotypy.
Heidemannia Uhler, 1891: 119 (as new genus). Synonymized by Horváth, 1908: 9; confirmed by Henry 1979: 553.
Type species: Heidemannia cixiiformis Uhler, 1891 from the U.S., by monotypy.
Paramyiomma Carvalho, 1951: 38 (as new genus). Synonymized by Smith, 1967: 41.
Type species: Paramyiomma landsburyi Carvalho, 1951 from India, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Recognised by the elongate to elongate-oval body, the large rounded head, the eyes often contiguous or separated medially (in frontal view) by a space near the diameter of an ocellus; the four to six bristle-like setae on the hind margin of each eye; the long labium extending to the middle of the abdomen or beyond; the cylindrical antennal segment II, slightly thicker and more pubescent in males than females; the punctate, trapeziform pronotum with indistinct calli; the translucent, white to dark brown or black hemelytra, often with white markings; and the saltatorial hind femora (summarized from Henry & Carpintero 2012).
Distribution. Widely distributed in the Old World (southern Europe; Africa: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda; Middle-East: Yemen; Asia: China, India, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Taiwan) and New World (North America: United States; Central America: Mexico, Panama; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Surinam).
Five species are known from India.
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Myiomma Puton, 1872
Yeshwanth, H. M., Chérot, F. & Henry, T. J. 2021 |
Heidemannia
Henry, T. J. 1979: 553 |
Paramyiomma
Smith, M. R. 1967: 41 |
Carvalho, J. C. M. 1951: 38 |
Myiomma
Henry, T. J. & Carpintero, D. L. 2012: 46 |
Kerzhner, I. M. & Josifov, M. 1999: 6 |
Akingbohungbe, A. E. 1996: 121 |
Puton, A. 1872: 177 |