■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus AUSTROPHOROCERA Townsend, 1916

AUSTROPHOROCERA Townsend, 1916k: 157. Type species: Phorocera biserialis Macquart, 1847, by original designation [Australian].
EUPHOROCEROPSIS Townsend, 1917c: 49. Type species: Euphoroceropsis alba Townsend, 1917, by original designation.
PALPEXORISTA Townsend, 1926: 28. Type species: Palpexorista phoroceroides Townsend, 1926 (= Phorocera imitator Aldrich & Webber, 1924), by original designation.



alba (Townsend, 1917).– Mexico (Guimarães, 1971), Arizona (CNC).
– Euphoroceropsis alba Townsend, 1917c: 50. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: Mexico, Tamaulipas, Tampico.


cocciphila (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Ohio, District of Columbia (S&A, 1965), Maryland, Tennessee (CNC).
– Phorocera (Parasetigena) cocciphila Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 53. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, District of Columbia, Washington (at honey dew on tulip tree).


coccyx (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Michigan to New York, south to Georgia, also Texas (S&A, 1965), Arizona, Ohio, Ontario (CNC), Florida (FSCA).
– Phorocera (Parasetigena) coccyx Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 64. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Virginia, Falls Church.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 408)*
Lepidoptera, Limacodidae
Phobetron pithecium (J.E. Smith), Sibine stimulea (Cliens)
Lepidoptera, Notodontidae
Datana ministra (Drury)

einaris (Smith, 1912).– Michigan to Massachusetts, south to Florida, also Texas (S&A, 1965), Ohio, Ontario, Québec, Tennessee (CNC).
– Phorocera einaris Smith, 1912: 119. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Melrose Highlands.


imitator (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Ohio to Massachusetts, south to Florida, also Texas (S&A, 1965), Missouri, Tennessee (CNC).
– Phorocera (Parasetigena) imitator Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 63. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Connecticut, Lyme.
– Palpexorista phoroceroides Townsend, 1926: 29. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke Gap.


pellecta (Reinhard, 1957).– Arizona (S&A, 1965), New Mexico (CNC).
– Phorocera pellecta Reinhard, 1957: 106. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Baboquivari Mountains, Brown's Canyon.


stolida (Reinhard, 1957).– Ohio, Georgia (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina (CNC).
– Phorocera stolida Reinhard, 1957: 107. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Amherst.


sulcata (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Rhode Island to Georgia, also Texas (S&A, 1965), Arizona, Oklahoma, Ohio, Tennessee (CNC).
– Phorocera (Parasetigena) sulcata Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 66. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Georgia, Okefenokee [Swamp], Billy's Island (published as Billy Island, in error).


tuxedo (Curran, 1930).– New York (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Phorocera tuxedo Curran, 1930b: 110. Type data: holotype male (AMNH). Type locality: USA, New York, Tuxedo, Station for the Study of Insects.


virilis (Aldrich & Webber, 1924).– Ohio, New York, District of Columbia (S&A, 1965), Maryland (CNC).
– Phorocera (Parasetigena) virilis Aldrich & Webber, 1924a: 52. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, District of Columbia, Washington (at honey dew on tulip tree).

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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