Isalomyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae. It contains a single species Isalomyia irwini, endemic to Madagascar. It is closedly related to Alhajarmyia, a genus from the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Vermileonidae |
| Genus: | Isalomyia Stuckenberg, 2002[1] |
| Species: | I. irwini
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| Binomial name | |
| Isalomyia irwini Stuckenberg, 2002[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Stuckenberg, B.R. (2002). "A new genus and species of Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Madagascar". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 145: 1–8. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000093. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Stuckenberg, B.R. (2003). "A redescription of Isalomyia irwini Stuckenberg, the wormlion fly of Madagascar, related to an Arabian species for which the new genus Alhajarmyia is erected (Diptera: Vermileonidae)". African Invertebrates. 44 (2): 191–201. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Swart, V. R.; Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Copeland, R.S. (2015). "A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications". Zootaxa. 4044 (4): 556–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.5.
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