''Myioscaptia muscula'' is a large
horse fly native to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Ecology
The
larva of ''Scaptia muscula'' lives in the pit trap of an
antlion
The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae. They are known for the predatory habits of their larvae, which mostly dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. In North America, the larvae ...
larva and feeds on the prey that it catches.
References
Tabanidae
Insects described in 1955
Diptera of Australasia
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