Adejeania

Adejeania
Adejeania vexatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Tachinini
Genus: Adejeania
Townsend, 1913
Type species
Adejeania armata
Wiedemann, 1830
Synonyms

Trichodejeania Townsend, 1913
Dejeania

Adejeania is a genus of tachinid flies from the Americas. While most species are found in South America, A. vexatrix occurs from Mexico up to British Columbia. The genus name is an alteration of Dejeania, meaning "not Dejeania". Other tachinid genera from the same root are Eudejeania, Paradejeania and Protodejeania.

Species

This is a list of species according to Zipcode Zoo, with additional information from The Diptera Site.

References

Further reading

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