■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Gaediopsis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891

GAEDIOPSIS Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 32, 97 (also 1892: 336, 401). Type species: Gaediopsis mexicana Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by monotypy.
GAEDIOPHANA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893: 35, 113 (also 1894: 123, 201). Type species: Gaediophana atra Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893 (= Mystacella lugubris van der Wulp, 1890), by monotypy [Neotropical].
POLIOPHRYS Townsend, 1908: 90. Type species: Poliophrys sierricola Townsend, 1908, by original designation.
CHAETOGAEDIOPSIS Townsend, 1916a: 620. Type species: Gaediopsis cockerellii Coquillett, 1902 (= Mystacella lugubris van der Wulp, 1890), by original designation.
EUGAEDIOPSIS Townsend, 1916a: 620. Type species: Gaediopsis ocellaris Coquillett, 1902, by original designation.
EUGAEDIA Townsend, 1916a: 621. Type species: Gaediopsis setosa Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.


flavipes Coquillett, 1895.– Arkansas to South Carolina, south to Florida, also Virginia (S&A, 1965), Texas (CNC).
– Gaediopsis flavipes Coquillett, 1895d: 100. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Alabama, Mobile.


lugubris (van der Wulp, 1890).– Arizona to Texas, Mexico (S&A, 1965).
– Mystacella lugubris van der Wulp, 1890: 53. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Omilteme, 8000 feet.
– Gaediopsis cockerellii Coquillett, 1902b: 117. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, White Mountains, head of Eagle Creek, 8000 feet.


mexicana Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891.– Arizona, Mexico, Texas (S&A, 1965), Guatemala (CNC).
– Gaediopsis mexicana Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 32 (also 1892: 336). Type data: lectotype female (NHMW), by fixation of Townsend, 1931a: 178 (mention of "female Ht" is regarded as a lectotype fixation). Type locality: Mexico, Federal District, Tacubaya (published as Takubaya).


ocellaris Coquillett, 1902.– Michigan to New Hampshire, south to Illinois and Virginia (S&A, 1965), Manitoba to Québec, also Iowa (CNC).
– Gaediopsis ocellaris Coquillett, 1902b: 118. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Columbus.


organensis (Townsend, 1908).– New Mexico (S&A, 1965), British Columbia (CNC).
– Poliophrys organensis Townsend, 1908: 93. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Organ Mountains.


rubentis (Reinhard, 1961).– Arizona, Mexico (S&A, 1965).
– Eugaediopsis rubentis Reinhard, 1961: 209. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Chiricahua Mountains.


setosa Coquillett, 1897.– British Columbia to California, Mexico, and New Mexico (S&A, 1965), Texas (CNC).
– Gaediopsis setosa Coquillett, 1897: 136. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Siskiyou County. Type host: Noctuidae.
– Gaediopsis monticola Townsend, 1898: 269. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Organ Mountains, ridge above head of Filmore Canyon, 8500 feet.


sierricola (Townsend, 1908).– California to Texas, Mexico (S&A, 1965).
– Poliophrys sierricola Townsend, 1908: 93 (also subsequently spelled serricolor, in error). Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: Mexico, Chihuahua, Sierra Madre, Meadow Valley.


vinnula (Reinhard, 1961).–Arizona (S&A, 1965).
– Eugaediopsis vinnula Reinhard, 1961: 210. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Huachuca Mountains, Sunnyside Canyon.

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