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Phasmophaga

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

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Phasmophaga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Blondeliini
Genus: Phasmophaga
Townsend, 19091
Type species
Phasmophaga antennalis
Townsend, 19091
Synonyms
  • Phasmovora Cortés, 1968
  • Roeseliopsis Townsend, 1915

Phasmophaga is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.234

Species

  • Phasmophaga americana (Coquillett, 1897)5
  • Phasmophaga antennalis Townsend, 19091
  • Phasmophaga floridensis (Greene, 1934)3
  • Phasmophaga meridionalis Townsend, 19091
  • Phasmophaga phasmophagae (Cortés, 1968)6
References

References

  1. Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1909). "Descriptions of some new Tachinidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2 (4): 243‑250. doi:10.1093/aesa/2.4.243. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  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 28 February 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  5. Coquillett, D.W. (1897). "Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects". Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture. 7: 156. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. Cortés, R. (1968). "Taquinidos chilenos (Dipt., Tachinidae) parasitos de phasmidos (Phasmoidea)". Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción. 40 [1965–1966]: 101–111.