Namaquamyia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Vermileonidae |
Genus: | Namaquamyia Stuckenberg, 2002[1] |
Species: | N. manselli
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Binomial name | |
Namaquamyia manselli (Stuckenberg, 2000)
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Namaquamyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae, containing a single species from Namaqualand, Namaquamyia manselli. The genus was first described by Brian Roy Stuckenberg in 2000, who originally named it Namamyia (after the Nama people); this name was preoccupied by the caddisfly genus Namamyia Banks, 1905, so in 2002 Stuckenberg renamed the genus Namaqualandia (after Namaqualand).[1]