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Winthemia vesiculata (Townsend, 1916)

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Left lateral view of adult male
Body length: 11mm
Specimen identifier number: TachImage-00056
Label data: "Maynooth, ONT./ 27.VII.1970/ D.M. Wood"
Depository: Canadian National Collection of Insects
Image by Shannon Henderson, AAFC

Dorsal view of adult male
Body length: 11mm
Specimen identifier number: TachImage-00057
Label data: "Maynooth, ONT./ 27.VII.1970/ D.M. Wood"
Depository: Canadian National Collection of Insects
Image by Shannon Henderson, AAFC

Classification
Insecta: Diptera
Tachinidae
Exoristinae
Winthemiini
Winthemia vesiculata

Additional information and links

Distributional, taxonomic and host information for Winthemia vesiculata
Winthemia page in Taxonomic and host-parasitoid catalogue of the Tachinidae of American north of Mexico

References
Guimarăes, J.H. 1972. A revision of the genus Winthemia Robineau-Desvoidy in America north of Mexico (Diptera, Tachinidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 22: 27–112.

Reinhard, H.J. 1931. Revision of the American parasitic flies belonging to the genus Winthemia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79 (Art. 20) [= No. 2886]: 1–54 + 1 pl.

Sabrosky, C.W. 1973. Identification of Winthemia of America north of Mexico, with a revised key to the females (Diptera, Tachinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 66: 1035–1041.