Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand.[2][3] Its genus name comes from Ancient Greek, meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its specific epithet meaning "wasp fly-like". It is considered to be the animal with the longest valid scientific name;[4] the name Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis, an amphipod described in 1926 by Benedykt Dybowski, was longer, but was suppressed and is no longer valid, and the bacterium Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis has the longest name of any organism, but it is not an animal.[5][6][7]P. stratiosphecomyioides, sometimes referred to as the Southeast Asian soldier fly, was described in 1923 by BritishentomologistEnrico Brunetti. This insect is usually between 10.3 and 10.4 mm.[8]
Markings and coloration
Given its wasp-like appearance, P. stratiosphecomyioides might exhibit Batesian mimicry, which could reduce its frequency of being eaten by predators.
^Woodley, Norman E. 2012. Revision of the southeast Asian soldier-fly genus Parastratiosphecomyia Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae) Zookeys 238: 1–21.
^Nomenclature, International Commission on Zoological (1929). "Opinion 105. Dybowski's (1926) Names of Crustacea Suppressed". Opinions Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: Opinions 105 to 114. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 73. pp. 1–3. hdl:10088/23619. BHLpage 8911139.
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