Poecilognathus relativitae, originally known as Phthiria relativitae, is a species of fly of the family Bombyliidae, subfamily Phthiriinae, that is found in the American Southwest. It was discovered by Neal Evenhuis, who named it as a pun on "theory of relativity".[1]
Poecilognathus relativitae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Genus: | Poecilognathus |
Species: | P. relativitae |
Binomial name | |
Poecilognathus relativitae (Evenhuis, 1985) |
Subsequent analysis revealed that the insect is not of the genus Phthiria, and it was renamed.[2]