■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus ADMONTIA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889

GRAVENHORSTIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 924 (junior homonym of Gravenhorstia Boie, 1836). Type species: Gravenhorstia longicornis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (= Tachina grandicornis Zetterstedt, 1849), by original designation [Palearctic].
TRICHOPAREIA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 103 (also 1890: 35; also subsequently spelled Trichoparia, unjustified emendation). Type species: Tachina seria Meigen, 1824, by monotypy [Palearctic].
ADMONTIA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 104 (also 1890: 36). Type species: Admontia podomyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889, by monotypy [Palearctic].
ADMONTIOPSIS Townsend, 1915b: 19. Type species: Admontia tarsalis Coquillett, 1898, by original designation.
EUADMONTIA Townsend, 1915b: 19. Type species: Admontia pergandei Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.
EUHYPERECTEINA Townsend, 1915b: 19. Type species: Admontia nasoni Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.
XENADMONTIA Townsend, 1915b: 22. Type species: Hypostena degeerioides Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.
ICONOMEDINA Townsend, 1916a: 626. Type species: Degeeria washingtonae Coquillett, 1895, by original designation.


badiceps Reinhard, 1958.– Washington (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, California, Utah, Arizona (CNC).
– Admontia badiceps Reinhard, 1958d: 279. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Washington, Puyallup.


cepelaki (Mesnil, 1961).– Palearctic, Yukon (CNC)
– Trichoparia (Admontia) cepelaki Mesnil, 1961: 674. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Switzerland, Bernina.


degeerioides (Coquillett, 1895).– Michigan to New Hampshire, south to Virginia, also Utah (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Manitoba to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, also California, Arizona, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, North Carolina (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Hypostena degeerioides Coquillett, 1895c: 58. Type data: lectotype female (USNM), by fixation of Coquillett, 1897: 54 (statement "From the type specimen" is regarded as a lectotype fixation); also by designation of Wood, 1985: 99. Type locality: USA, District of Columbia.
– Hyperecteina aestivalis West, 1925: 126. Type data: holotype female (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, McLean.
– Hyperecteina bishopi West, 1925: 126. Type data: holotype female (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Clyde.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 57)*
Diptera, Tipulidae
Tipula abdominalis (Say)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)
Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae
Grapholitha molesta (Busck)

duospinosa (West, 1925).– New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia (S&A, 1965).
– Hyperecteina duospinosa West, 1925: 127. Type data: holotype male (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Baiting Hollow.


grandicornis (Zetterstedt, 1849).– Palearctic, Yukon (CNC).
– Tachina laticornis Zetterstedt, 1838: 637 (junior homonym of Tachina laticornis Meigen, 1824). Type data: holotype male [not female as published] (MZLU). Type locality: northern Norway, Finnmark, Bossekop.
– Tachina grandicornis Zetterstedt, 1849: 3237 (nomen novum for laticornis Zetterstedt, 1838).


nasoni Coquillett, 1895.– Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, New York, North Carolina (CNC).
– Admontia nasoni Coquillett, 1895c: 55. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Algonquin.


offella Reinhard, 1962.– Arizona (S&A, 1965).
– Admontia offella Reinhard, 1962b: 223. Type data: holotype male (CAS). Type locality: USA, Arizona, Cochise County, 5 miles west of Portal, Southwestern Research Station.


pergandei Coquillett, 1895.– Tennessee to Maryland, south to Mississippi and Georgia, also Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, Washington, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Brunswick (CNC).
– Admontia americana Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 106 (also 1892: 410). Nomen nudum.
– Admontia pergandei Coquillett, 1895c: 54. Type data: lectotype male (USNM), by fixation of Coquillett, 1897: 54 (statement "From the type specimen" is regarded as a lectotype fixation); also by designation of Wood, 1985: 19. Type locality: USA, District of Columbia.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 57)*
Diptera, Tipulidae
Tipula abdominalis (Say), Tipula cunctans (Say)

pollinosa Curran, 1927.– Saskatchewan, Manitoba, South Dakota (S&A, 1965), Northwest Territories, Alberta, California, Idaho, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario (CNC).
– Admontia pollinosa Curran, 1927b: 297. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, Binscarth.
– Admontia dubia Curran, 1927b: 297. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan, Holdfast. (Synonymy by Wood and Cave 2006: 244.)


rufochaeta Curran, 1927.– Wisconsin, Ontario, Ohio, New York, North Carolina (CNC).
– Admontia rufochaeta Curran, 1927b: 296 (spelled ruficeps by Aldrich, 1929c: 35, in error). Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Wisconsin, Green Bay.


tarsalis Coquillett, 1898.– Oregon, Louisiana, Florida (S&A, 1965), Washington, Utah, Texas, Mississippi (CNC).
– Admontia tarsalis Coquillett, 1898: 234. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Louisiana, Opelousas.


washingtonae (Coquillett, 1895).– New Hampshire (S&A, 1965), Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia to Québec (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Degeeria washingtonae Coquillett, 1895d: 104. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Mount Washington.

Admontia species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 57) for Admontia spp.*
Diptera, Tipulidae
Ctenophora spp.

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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