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Mesnilus

Mesnilus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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Mesnilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Minthoini
Genus: Mesnilus
Özdikmen, 20071
Type species
Ziminiola nigella
Mesnil, 19782
Synonyms
  • Ziminiola Mesnil, 19782

Mesnilus is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.3

Species

  • Mesnilus cyanella (Mesnil, 1978)2
  • Mesnilus hexachaeta (Mesnil, 1978)2
  • Mesnilus nigella (Mesnil, 1978)2
  • Mesnilus plumosus (Mesnil, 1978)2
  • Mesnilus prasinus (Mesnil, 1978)2
  • Mesnilus setosus (Mesnil, 1978)2
References

References

  1. Özdikmen, H. (2007). "A nomenclatural act: replacement names for homonymous tachinid genera with lepidopteran genera (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Munis Entomology & Zoology. 2 (163–168).
  2. Mesnil, L.P. (1978). "Nouveaux tachinaires de Madagascar (Dipt. Tachinidae) – 7e partie". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 51: 107–114.
  3. O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.