Namaquamyia is a genus of wormlion in the family Vermileonidae, containing a single species from Namaqualand, Namaquamyia manselli. The genus was first described by Brian Roy Stuckenberg in 2000, who originally named it Namamyia (after the Nama people); this name was preoccupied by the caddisfly genus Namamyia Banks, 1905, so in 2002 Stuckenberg renamed the genus Namaqualandia (after Namaqualand).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Vermileonidae |
| Genus: | Namaquamyia Stuckenberg, 2002[1] |
| Species: | N. manselli
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| Namaquamyia manselli (Stuckenberg, 2000)
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References
edit- ^ a b Stuckenberg, B.R. (2002). "Namaquamyia, a replacement name for a South African genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera)". African Invertebrates. 43: 123. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Stuckenberg, B.R. (2000). "Namamyia, a new genus of Vermileonidae (Diptera) from Namaqualand, with a conspectus of the Southern African genera and an account of their adaptations for anthophily". Annals of the Natal Museum. 41: 181–202.
- ^ Koçak, A.O.; Kemal, M. (2008). "Nomenclatural notes on some genus-group names in the order Diptera". Misc. PPRS, Centre Ent. Stud., Ankara. 144: 1–3.
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