■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Unplaced species of Dexiini

abdominalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.– Nova Scotia (S&A, 1965).
– Estheria abdominalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 306. Type data: type(s) (MNHN or lost). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 452), as "Ptilodexia abdominalis (Robineau-Desvoidy)"*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga spp.

tibialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.– Nova Scotia (S&A, 1965).
– Estheria tibialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 306. Type data: holotype female [according to Townsend, 1938: 369] ("Ht" originally in MNHN but lost according to Townsend, 1931a: 102). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 453), as "Ptilodexia tibialis (Robineau-Desvoidy)"*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga 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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