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Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy

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Genus Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy

Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 567. Type species, Achaetoneura anisotae Webber (subs. des. ICZN, 1983) (see Evenhuis et al., 2010: 97). Refs.: Guimarães, 1983a (rev., generic diagnosis, key to Brazilian species); Thompson, 1965: 371 (key to Trinidad genera; rev. of species from Trinidad); Guimarães, 1971a: 208 (cat.); Toma, 2010 (rev. and key to Venezuelan species); Wood & Zumbado, 2010: 1363 (key to Central American genera of Tachinidae).

Achaetoneura Brauer & Bergestamm, 1891: 334. Espécie-tipo: hesperus Brauer & Bergestamm (subs. des. Townsend, 1908) (= Masicera frenchii Williston)

Parafrontina Brauer & Bergestamm, 1893: 115. Espécie-tipo: apicalis Brauer & Bergestamm (mon.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley)

Rileyella Townsend, 1909: 249. Especie-tipo: Tachina aletiae Riley (orig. des.)

Zygofrontina Townsend, 1915h: 427. Espécie-tipo: capitis Townsend (orig. des.)

Masiceropsis Townsend, 1916a: 178. Espécie-tipo: Masicera pauciseta Coquillett (orig. des.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley)

Ypophaemyia Townsend, 1916c: 75. Espécie-tipo: malacosomae Townsend (orig. des.) (= Tachina archippivora Riley)

Gymnoerycia Townsend, 1916c: 75. Espécie-tipo: rubra Townsend (orig. des.)

Euparafrontina Brèthes, 1917: 17. Espécie-tipo: martinezi Brèthes (mon.)

Prophryno Townsend, 1927: 262. Espécie-tipo: aurulans Townsend (orig. des.)

Achaetoneuropsis Townsend, 1927: 272. Espécie-tipo: affinis Townsend (orig. des.)

Myiosturmia Townsend, 1927: 272. Espécie-tipo: mixta Townsend (orig. des.)

Zygofrontiniopsis Blanchard, 1959: 173. Espécie-tipo: williamsi Blanchard (orig. des.)

Frontina of authors, nec Meigen.

Notes

Published as part of Nihei, Silvio S., 2016, FAMILY TACHINIDAE, pp. 904-949 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on pages 928-929, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.76, http://zenodo.org/record/257369

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Robineau-Desvoidy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Tachinidae
Genus
Lespesia
Taxon rank
genus

References

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  • Evenhuis, N. L., O'Hara, J. E., Pape, T. & Pont, A. C. (2010) Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part I. Andre-Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy. Zootaxa, 2373, 1 - 265.
  • Guimaraes, J. H. (1983 a) Taxonomy of Brazilian flies of the genus Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 35, 11 - 30.
  • Thompson, W. R. (1965) The Tachinids of Trinidad. VII. The larviparous Goniines with broad cheeks (Diptera, Tachinidae). Studia Entomologica, 8, 353-434.
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  • Toma, R. (2010) Contribuicao ao conhecimento de especies venezuelanas de Lespesia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae, Exoristinae), com descricoes de novas especies. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 54, 165-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262010000200002
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