■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus ATELOGLOSSA Coquillett, 1899

ATELOGLOSSA Coquillett, 1899: 219 (also subsequently spelled Atelogossa, in error). Type species: Ateloglossa cinerea Coquillett, 1899, by monotypy.
ARCTOPHYTO Townsend, 1915b: 22. Type species: Paraphyto borealis Coquillett, 1900, by original designation.
OREOPHYTO Townsend, 1916i: 302. Type species: Oreophyto ochreicornis Townsend, 1916, by original designation.
CARINOSILLUS Reinhard, 1943b: 84. Type species: Carinosillus pravus Reinhard, 1943 (= Myiocera isolata West, 1924), by original designation.
VIBRISSOTHERESIA Reinhard, 1943b: 86. Type species: Vibrissotheresia pechumani Reinhard, 1943 (= Myiocera novaeangliae West, 1924), by original designation.


algens (Curran, 1926).– Colorado, Ontario (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Saskatchewan, Québec, New Brunswick (CNC).
– Arctophyto algens Curran, 1926c: 215. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Lake Abitibi, Low Bush.


borealis (Coquillett, 1900).– Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho (S&A, 1965), Yukon, California (CNC).
– Paraphyto borealis Coquillett, 1900b: 439. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Alaska, Fox Point.



cinerea Coquillett, 1899.– Iowa to Maine and Connecticut, also South Carolina (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec, Maryland, North Carolina (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Ateloglossa cinerea Coquillett, 1899: 219. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Maine, Waldoboro.
– Ateloglossa wheeleri West, 1924: 186. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Connecticut, Colebrook.
– Ateloglossa calyptrata West, 1925: 128. Type data: holotype male (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Selden.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 87)*
Coleoptera, Elateridae
Melanotus spp.

erythrocera (Thomson, 1869).– California (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, Washington, Oregon (CNC).
– Miltogramma erythrocera Thomson, 1869: 523. Type data: holotype female (NHRS). Type locality: USA, California.


gillettei (Townsend, 1892).– Colorado (S&A, 1965), British Columbia and Alberta south to California, also Texas (CNC).
– Trixa gillettei Townsend, 1892d: 68 (also subsequently spelled gilletti, in error). Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Colorado.


glabra West, 1925.– New York (S&A, 1965).
– Ateloglossa glabra West, 1925: 128. Type data: holotype female (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Wells.


isolata (West, 1924).– Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina (S&A, 1965).
– Myiocera isolata West, 1924: 188. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Hanover.
– Myiocera amicabilis West, 1925: 130. Type data: holotype male (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Ithaca.
– Carinosillus pravus Reinhard, 1943b: 85. Type data: holotype male (CUI). Type locality: USA, New York, Ithaca.


johnsoni (West, 1924).– Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), Alberta to Ontario, also Colorado (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Arctophyto johnsoni West, 1924: 187. Type data: holotype female (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Concord.



marginalis (Curran, 1924).– British Columbia to Montana, south to Oregon and Colorado (S&A, 1965), Alberta, Utah (CNC).
– Arctophyto marginalis Curran, 1924c: 302. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Revelstoke, 6000 feet.


novaeangliae (West, 1924).– Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Connecticut (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Québec, Pennsylvania (CNC).
– Myiocera novaeangliae West, 1924: 189. Type data: holotype female (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Connecticut, Colebrook.
– Myocera tabanivora Hall, 1937: 206. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Minnesota, Ramsey County. Type host: tabanid larva.
– Vibrissotheresia pechumani Reinhard, 1943b: 87. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, New York, Brewster.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 125), as Carinosillus novaeangliae (West)*
Diptera, Tabanidae
Hybomitra trispila sodalis (Williston) probably
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 125), as Carinosillus tabanivorus (Hall)*
Diptera, Tabanidae
Chrysops sp., Hybomitra epistates (Osten Sacken), Hybomitra metabola (McDunnough), Hybomitra nuda (McDunnough), Hybomitra trepida (McDunnough), Hybomitra spp., Tabanus fulvicallus Philip, Tabanus marginalis Fabricius, Tabanus reinwardtii Wiediann, Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 503), as Vibrissotheresia pechumani Reinhard*
Diptera, Tabanidae
Tabanus reinwardtii Wiediann probably

ochreicornis (Townsend, 1916).– British Columbia, Oregon, California (S&A, 1965).
– Oreophyto ochreicornis Townsend, 1916i: 302 (also subsequently spelled ochricornis, in error). Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Oregon, Corvallis.


regina (West, 1924).– Massachusetts (S&A, 1965).
– Arctophyto regina West, 1924: 187. Type data: holotype female (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Brookline.


trivittata Curran, 1930.– New York (S&A, 1965).
– Atelogossa trivittata Curran, 1930b: 92. Type data: holotype male (AMNH). Type locality: USA, New York, Tuxedo, Station for the Study of Insects.


wickhami (Townsend, 1915).– Alaska, Alberta (S&A, 1965), Yukon (CNC).
– Arctophyto wickhami Townsend, 1915b: 22 (named for gillettei of Coquillett, 1897, not Townsend, 1892). Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Laggan.

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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