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Macrometopa

Macrometopa is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Macrometopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Dexiinae
Tribe: Dexiini
Genus: Macrometopa
Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 18891
Type species
Macrometopa mexicana

Macrometopa is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.2

Species

  • Macrometopa calogaster (Bigot, 1889)3

Distribution

Mexico.

References

References

  1. Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1889). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 56 (1): 69–180. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. Bigot, J. M. F. (1889). "Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 34e partie, XLII: Diagnoses de nouvelles especes". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 253–270.