Archytas (fly)

Archytas is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[2][1]

Archytas
Archytas sp. on queen Anne's lace
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Tachinini
Genus:	Archytas Jaennicke, 1867[1]
Type species
Tachina diaphana Fabricius, 1805
Synonyms[2]
Pseudoarchytas Townsend, 1915

Species

• Subgenus Archytas Jaennicke, 1867[1]
  • A. amethystinus (Macquart, 1843)[3][2]
  • A. analis (Fabricius, 1805)[2]
  • A. apicifer (Walker, 1849)[2]
  • A. californiae (Walker, 1853)[4][2]
  • A. candens (Walker, 1849)[2]
  • A. lobulatus Curran, 1928[2]
  • A. marmoratus (Townsend, 1915)[2]
  • A. nivalis Curran, 1928[2]
  • A. nonamensis Ravlin, 1984[2]
  • A. rufiventris Curran, 1928[2]
• Subgenus Nemochaeta van der Wulp, 1888
  • A. aterrimus (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)[5][2]
  • A. convexiforceps Brooks, 1949[2]
  • A. instabilis Curran, 1928[2]
  • A. lateralis (Macquart, 1843)[3][2]
  • A. metallicus (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)[5][2]

References

1. Jaennicke, J. F. (1867). "Neue exotische Dipteren". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 6: 311–408, pls. 43–44. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
2. James E. O'Hara (2009). "Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". North American Dipterists Society. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
3. Macquart, P. J. M. (1843). "Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus". Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. Roret, Paris: 304 pp., 36 pls.
4. Walker, Frances (1853). Diptera. Part IV, pp. 253-474, pls. 7-8. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. London: Van Voorst. pp. 1–474.
5. Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés a L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants èt lus dans ses assemblées : Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.