Phthiria relativitae

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Phthiria relativitae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Bombyliidae Genus: Phthiria Species: P. relativitae
Binomial name
Phthiria relativitae Evenhuis, 1985

Phthiria relativitae is a fly of the family Bombyliidae, subfamily Phthiriinae, that is found in the American Southwest. Its name is a joke, phonetically resembling "theory of relativity" in some accents ^[1]. It was discovered by Neal Evenhuis. Evenhuis later had to change the species' name to Poecilognathus relativitae to more accurately represent its taxonomy^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] References

1. ^ Susan Milius. "A Fly Called Iyaiyai", Science News, 2006-05-26. 

• "Phthiria relativitae" (August 2007). Discover: 17.