Actinochaetopteryx

Actinochaetopteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Actinochaetopteryx
Townsend, 1927
Type species
Actinochaetopteryx actifera
Townsend, 1927

Actinochaetopteryx is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Its members occur in the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australasia ecozones.[1] The type species is Actinochaetopteryx actifera, from Taiwan.[2]

It contains the following species:[3]

External links

  1. James E. O’Hara (December 31, 2008). "World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. North American Dipterists Society.
  2. Roger W. Crosskey (1967). "An index-catalogue of the genus-group names of Oriental and Australasian Tachinidae (Diptera) and their type-species". Bulletin of the British Museum (Entomology) 20 (1): 1–39.
  3. "Actinochaeopteryx". nomen.at. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
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