Longest animal name

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- Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides
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- 01 January 0001
The longest scientific binomial name given to any animal is Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides (containing 42 letters), which is a species of stratiomyid fly with a metallic green thorax and abdomen, known as the soldier fly.