■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Phasmophaga Townsend, 1909

PHASMOPHAGA Townsend, 1909: 243. Type species: Phasmophaga antennalis Townsend, 1909, by original designation.
ROESELIOPSIS Townsend, 1915b: 23. Type species: Racodineura americana Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.


americana (Coquillett, 1897).– Illinois, Georgia, Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Racodineura americana Coquillett, 1897: 66. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Georgia, Tifton.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 455), as Roeseliopsis americana (Coquillett)*
Orthoptera, Phasmatidae
Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll)

antennalis Townsend, 1909.– Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York (S&A, 1965), Missouri, Ontario, Québec, Florida (CNC), Virginia (WVU). Phasmophaga antennalis Townsend, 1909: 244. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. Type host: Diapheromera femorata (Say), Heteronemiidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 425)*
Orthoptera, Phasmatidae
Diapheromera femorata (Say)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 425) for probably antennalis Townsend*
Orthoptera, Phasmatidae
Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll)

floridensis (Greene, 1934).– Florida (S&A, 1965).
– Roeseliopsis floridensis Greene, 1934: 30. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida, Palm Beach.


meridionalis Townsend, 1909.– Texas (S&A, 1965), Arizona, New Mexico (CNC).
– Phasmophaga meridionalis Townsend, 1909: 244. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, Plano.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 425)*
Orthoptera, Phasmatidae
Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll)

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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