Poecilognathus relativitae

Poecilognathus relativitae, originally known as Phthiria relativitae, is a species of fly of the family Bombyliidae, subfamily Phthiriinae, that is found in California.^[1] It was discovered by Neal Evenhuis, who named it as a pun on the "theory of relativity".^[2]

Poecilognathus relativitae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Genus:	Poecilognathus
Species:	P. relativitae
Binomial name
Poecilognathus relativitae (Evenhuis, 1985)
Synonyms
Phthiria relativitae Evenhuis, 1985[1]

Subsequent analysis revealed that the insect is not of the genus Phthiria, and it was renamed.^[3]