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Eucelatoria

Eucelatoria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Eucelatoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Blondeliini
Genus: Eucelatoria
Townsend, 19091
Type species
Tachina (Masicera) armigera
Synonyms

Eucelatoria is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.111213

Species

  • Eucelatoria argentea (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria armigera (Coquillett, 1889)2
  • Eucelatoria aurata (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria aurea (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria aurescens Townsend, 191714
  • Eucelatoria auriceps (Aldrich, 1926)15
  • Eucelatoria australis Townsend, 191116
  • Eucelatoria bigeminata (Curran, 1927)17
  • Eucelatoria borealis Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria carinata (Townsend, 1919)20
  • Eucelatoria charapensis (Townsend, 1919)20
  • Eucelatoria cinefacta (Reinhard, 1967)21
  • Eucelatoria cingulatus (Schiner, 1868)22
  • Eucelatoria claripalpis (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria comosa (Wulp, 1890)23
  • Eucelatoria cora (Bigot, 1889)24
  • Eucelatoria crambivora Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria currani Nihei & Dios, 201625
  • Eucelatoria digitata Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria dimmocki (Aldrich, 1932)26
  • Eucelatoria discalis (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria dissepta (Wulp, 1890)27
  • Eucelatoria dominica Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria elongata (Wulp, 1890)28
  • Eucelatoria eucelatorioides (Blanchard, 1963)
  • Eucelatoria falcata Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria ferox (Townsend, 1912)9
  • Eucelatoria flava Inclán & Stireman, 201429
  • Eucelatoria fordlandia Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria ghanii (Mesnil, 1975)30
  • Eucelatoria gladiatrix (Townsend, 1917)
  • Eucelatoria guimaraesi Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria gustavogutierrezi Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria hafelei Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria heliothis Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria huitepecensis Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria hypodermica (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria inclani Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria jamaicensis (Curran, 1926)7
  • Eucelatoria jorgecortesi Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria kopis Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria leucophaeata (Reinhard, 1967)21
  • Eucelatoria longula (Curran, 1934)3
  • Eucelatoria luctuosa (Wulp, 1890)31
  • Eucelatoria lugens (Wulp, 1890)32
  • Eucelatoria makhaira Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria meridionalis (Townsend, 1912)9
  • Eucelatoria montana Townsend, 192933
  • Eucelatoria nana (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria nigripalpis (Bigot, 1889)24
  • Eucelatoria nudioculatus O'Hara & Wood, 202134
  • Eucelatoria oblonga O'Hara & Wood, 202134
  • Eucelatoria obscurata (Wulp, 1890)28
  • Eucelatoria obumbrata (Wulp, 1890)23
  • Eucelatoria occulta (Wulp, 1890)32
  • Eucelatoria ocellaris (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria ordinaria (Wulp, 1890)28
  • Eucelatoria paracarinata Nihei & Dios, 201625
  • Eucelatoria parkeri (Sabrosky, 1952)35
  • Eucelatoria physonotae (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria pollens (Wulp, 1890)27
  • Eucelatoria procincta (Reinhard, 1935)
  • Eucelatoria ritavargasae Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria rivalis (Reinhard, 1953)36
  • Eucelatoria robusta (Thompson, 1968)4
  • Eucelatoria rubentis (Coquillett, 1895)37
  • Eucelatoria sabroskyi Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria sica Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria striolata (Wulp, 1890)32
  • Eucelatoria teffeensis (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria tenebrionis Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria tenella (Reinhard, 1937)38
  • Eucelatoria teutonia Sabrosky, 198119
  • Eucelatoria texana (Reinhard, 1923)39
  • Eucelatoria tinensis (Townsend, 1927)5
  • Eucelatoria woodorum Burington, 202218
  • Eucelatoria yanayacu Burington, 202218
References

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