Genus Juriniopsis, Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Genus JURINIOPSIS Townsend, 1916

JURINIOPSIS Townsend, 1916h: 73. Type species: Juriniopsis floridensis Townsend, 1916, by original designation.

adusta (van der Wulp, 1888).– Ohio to Maryland, south to Texas, Costa Rica and Georgia (Sabrosky, 1969).
– Jurinia adusta van der Wulp, 1888: 28. Type data: lectotype male (BMNH), by designation of Sabrosky, 1969: 84. Type locality: Mexico, Durango, Ventanas, 2000 feet.
– Jurinea myrrhea Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 179, Fig. 234 (also 1890: 111, Fig. 234). Type data: lectotype male (NHMW), by designation of Sabrosky, 1969: 84. Type locality: USA, Pennsylvania.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 292)*

Lepidoptera, Arctiidae

Ecpantheria deflorata (Fabricius)

Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae

Epargyreus clarus (Cramer)

aurifrons Brooks, 1949.– Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico (S&A, 1965), Louisiana (Sabrosky, 1969), Texas (CNC).
– Juriniopsis aurifrons Brooks, 1949: 21. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Manzano National Forest, Hell Canyon, 7200 feet.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 292)*

Lepidoptera, Arctiidae

Halisidota sp.

floridensis Townsend, 1916.– Florida, Jamaica (Sabrosky, 1969).
– Juriniopsis floridensis Townsend, 1916h: 73 (named for hystrix of Williston, 1886, not Fabricius, 1775). Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Miami.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 293) for probably floridensis Townsend*

Lepidoptera, Arctiidae

Ecpantheria deflorata (Fabricius)

lampuris Reinhard, 1953.– Arizona, Mexico (S&A, 1965; Sabrosky, 1969).
– Juriniopsis lampuris Reinhard, 1953d: 93. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Mexico, Morelos, Acatlipa.

Reference:

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.

*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.

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Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Genus JURINIOPSIS Townsend, 1916

Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae
of America North of Mexico