■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus X Author, 1XXX

Subgenus SUBGENUS Rondani, 1859

GYMNOPALPUS Townsend, 1919a: 172. Type species: Gymnopalpus setipennis Townsend, 1919, by original designation [Neotropical].

1st species (Author, Year).– Type information
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Subgenus SUBGENUS Townsend, 1912

SPATHIDEXIA Townsend, 1912b: 110. Type speciesL Spathidexia clemonsi Townsend, 1912, by original designation.

2nd species (Author, Year).– Type information
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Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 426), as "Phorocera" comstocki Williston*
Hymenoptera, Diprionidae
Diprionid spp. (including Diprion spp. and/or Neodiprion spp.)
Lepidoptera, Cossidae
Cossula magnifica (Strecker)
Lepidoptera, Megathymidae
Megathymus yuccae (Boisduval & LeConte)
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Melitara dentata (Grote), Olycella junctolineella (Hulst), Ostrinia spp. (including 0. obliteralis (Walker) and/or 0. penitalis Grote)

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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