Leschenaultia

Leschenaultia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Goniini
Genus:	Leschenaultia; Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Synonyms [1][2]
	Blepharipeza Macquart, 1844; Echinomasicera Townsend, 1915; Parachaeta Coquillett, 1897; Parachaetopsis Blanchard, 1959; Rileya Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893; Rileymyia Townsend, 1893;

Leschenaultia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It may be synonymous with the genus Harrisia, but the type material of Harrisia has been lost, hindering comparisons.[3] Leschenaultia comprises 32 species, distributed across the Americas:[3]

Species

L. adusta (Loew, 1872) – United States (California, Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (Sonora, Durango)[3]
L. aldrichi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina)[3]
L. americana (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1893) – Canada (British Columbia, Alberta), United States (Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, Arizona)[3]
L. arnaudi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Haiti[3]
L. barbarae Toma, 2008 – Venezuela[4]
L. bergenstammi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil (Santa Catarina), Peru (San Martín)[3]
L. bessi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina)[3]
L. bicolor (Macquart, 1846) – Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina[3]
L. bigoti Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil[3]
L. blanchardi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Ecuador[3]
L. braueri Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil[3]
L. brooksi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico, Panama, Peru, Brazil[3]
L. ciliata (Macquart, 1848) – Colombia (Bogotá)[3]
L. coquilletti Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil (Santa Catarina)[3]
L. cortesi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Venezuela, Colombia[3]
L. currani Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina)[3]
L. exul (Townsend, 1892) – Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick), United States (Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland)[3]
L. fulvipes (Bigot, 1887) – Canada (British Columbia, Saskatchewan), United States (Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)[3]
L. grossa Brooks, 1947 – United States (Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico)[3]
L. halisidotae Brooks, 1947 – Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), United States (Minnesota, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Arizona)[3]
L. hospita Reinhard, 1952 – Mexico (Michoacán, Oaxaca, Morelos), United States (New Mexico)[3]
L. hystrix (Townsend, 1915) – Peru (Matucana)[3]
L. jurinioides (Townsend, 1895) – Jamaica[3]
L. leucophrys (Wiedemann, 1830) – Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil[3]
L. loewi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico (Veracruz)[3]
L. macquarti Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States (Arizona)[3]
L. montagna (Townsend, 1912) – Peru[3]
L. nuda Thompson, 1963 – Trinidad[3]
L. reinhardi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), United States (Oregon, Idaho, Ohio, California, Tennessee)[3]
L. sabroskyi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States (California, Arizona)[3]
L. schineri Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States (Oregon, California, Idaho)[3]
L. thompsoni Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico (Mexico City, Chiapas)[3]
L. townsendi Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico (Puebla)[3]

One species, L. nigrisquamis (Townsend, 1892), was not examined in the most recent monograph of the genus, because the type material is missing, and two former species were not recognised:

L. trichopsis (Bigot, 1887)
L. hirta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

References

James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
Ronaldo Toma & José Henrique Guimarães (2002). "Estudo taxonômico de Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)" [Taxonomic study of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)]. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (in Portuguese). 46 (1): 33–70. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262002000100006.
Toma, Ronaldo (2008). "A new species of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Venezuela and new geographical records" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo. 52 (3): 353–354. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262008000300007. ISSN 0085-5626.

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[1] James E. O'Hara (December 31, 2008). "World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence" (PDF). Version 4.0. University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.

[NorthOfMexico-2] O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.

[Toma-3] Ronaldo Toma & José Henrique Guimarães (2002). "Estudo taxonômico de Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)" [Taxonomic study of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae)]. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (in Portuguese). 46 (1): 33–70. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262002000100006.

[Toma2008-4] Toma, Ronaldo (2008). "A new species of Leschenaultia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Venezuela and new geographical records" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. São Paulo. 52 (3): 353–354. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262008000300007. ISSN 0085-5626.