Leschenaultia

Leschenaultia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Goniini
Genus: Leschenaultia
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Synonyms [1][2]
  • Blepharipeza Macquart, 1844
  • Echinomasicera Townsend, 1915
  • Parachaeta Coquillett, 1897
  • Parachaetopsis Blanchard, 1959
  • Rileya Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893
  • Rileymyia Townsend, 1893

Leschenaultia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It may be synonymous with the genus Harrisia, but the type material of Harrisia has been lost, hindering comparisons.[3] Leschenaultia comprises 32 species, distributed across the Americas:[3]

Species

One species, L. nigrisquamis (Townsend, 1892), was not examined in the most recent monograph of the genus, because the type material is missing, and two former species were not recognised:

References

  1. James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  2. O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Ronaldo Toma & José Henrique Guimarães (2002). "Estudo taxonômico de Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)" [Taxonomic study of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)]. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (in Portuguese) 46 (1): 33–70. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262002000100006.
  4. Toma, Ronaldo (2008). "A new species of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Venezuela and new geographical records" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (São Paulo) 52 (3): 353–354. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262008000300007. ISSN 0085-5626.
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