Lixophaga

Lixophaga is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[5]

Lixophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Lixophaga Townsend, 1908
Type species
Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908
Synonyms [1][2][3]
Actinophryno Townsend, 1928 Actinotachina Townsend, 1927 Biophypostena Townsend, 1927 Braziliomyia Thompson, 1968 Cataphorinia Townsend, 1927 Cataphoriniopsis Thompson, 1968 Chaquimayoia Townsend, 1927 Chrysoprospherysa Townsend, 1928 Dexodioidea Thompson, 1968 Epiprospherysa Townsend, 1927 Erycioides Curran, 1930 Euprospherysa Townsend, 1928 Euzenillia Townsend, 1911 Euzenilliopsis Townsend, 1916[4] Itabiomyia Townsend, 1927 Lydellactia Townsend, 1927 Messiomyia Reinhard, 1955 Microceromasia Villeneuve, 1911 Paranetia Townsend, 1927 Paraprospherysa Townsend, 1927 Phrynofrontina Townsend, 1919 Plaxactia Townsend, 1931 Polybiophila Curran, 1937 Prolixophaga Townsend, 1934 Prophorinia Townsend, 1927 Pseudoprospherysa Thompson, 1968 Ptilolydella Townsend, 1927 Santacruzia Thompson, 1968 Talparomyia Thompson, 1968 Urophyllopsis Townsend, 1916

Species

• Lixophaga aberrans (Townsend, 1929)
• Lixophaga alberta (Curran, 1925)[6]
• Lixophaga albidula (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927) (Actinotachina)
• Lixophaga aristalis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga aurata (Blanchard, 1937)[7]
• Lixophaga aurea (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga beardsleyi Hardy, 1981
• Lixophaga braziliana (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga cinctella (Mesnil, 1957)
• Lixophaga cinerea Yang, 1988
• Lixophaga citrina (Bigot, 1889)
• Lixophaga charapensis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga claripalpis (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga clausa (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga croesus (Townsend, 1928)
• Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend, 1916)[4][6]
• Lixophaga discalis (Coquillett, 1902)[6]
• Lixophaga dubiosa (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga dyscerae Shi, 1991[8]
• Lixophaga fallax Mesnil, 1963
• Lixophaga facialis (Townsend, 1931)
• Lixophaga fasciata Curran, 1930[6]
• Lixophaga fitzgeraldi (Curran, 1931)
• Lixophaga flavescens (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga fulvescens (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga galbae (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga grisea (Curran, 1926)
• Lixophaga impatiens (Curran, 1925)[6]
• Lixophaga jennei Aldrich, 1926[9][6]
• Lixophaga latigena Shima, 1979
• Lixophaga mediocris Aldrich, 1925[6]
• Lixophaga neglecta (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga nigrocincta (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga nubilosa (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga obscura (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga opaca Reinhard, 1945[6]
• Lixophaga opsiangusta Nihei & Dios, 2016[10] (new name for Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927) (Cataphorinia))
• Lixophaga orbitalis Aldrich, 1926[9][6]
• Lixophaga pacata (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908[6]
• Lixophaga plumbea (Townsend, 1934)[6]
• Lixophaga plumosula (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga pollinosa (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga proletaria (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga punctata (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga puscolulo Carrejo & Woodley, 2013[11]
• Lixophaga remissa (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga remora Reinhard, 1953
• Lixophaga retiniae (Coquillett, 1897)[6]
• Lixophaga santacruzi (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga scintilla Reinhard, 1953
• Lixophaga similis (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga solitaria (Curran, 1926)
• Lixophaga sphenophori (Villeneuve, 1911)
• Lixophaga stenomae Curran, 1935
• Lixophaga subtilis (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga tenuis (Blanchard, 1959)[7]
• Lixophaga thompsoniana Nihei & Dios, 2016[10] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Thompson, 1968))
• Lixophaga thoracica (Curran, 1930)[6]
• Lixophaga townsendi (Guimarães, 1971)
• Lixophaga townsendiana Nihei & Dios, 2016[10] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1928))
• Lixophaga triconis (Reinhard, 1955)[6]
• Lixophaga umbrina (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga umbripennis (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga unicolor (Smith, 1917)[6]
• Lixophaga usta (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
• Lixophaga variabilis (Coquillett, 1895)[6]
• Lixophaga villeneuvei (Baranov, 1934)

References

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3. Wood, D.M. (1985). "A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 117 (S132): 3–130. doi:10.4039/entm117132fv.
4. Box, Harold E. (1928). "Observations upon Lixophaga diatraeae Townsend, a Tachinid Parasite of Diatraea saccharalis Fabr., in Porto Rico". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 19 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1017/S0007485300028789.
5. O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand. 2190: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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7. Mulieri, Pablo R.; Patitucci, Luciano D.; Bachmann, Axel O.; O’Hara, James E. (2013). "The type specimens of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires". Zootaxa. 3670 (2): 157–176. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.3.
8. Shi, Y. (1991). "Notes on Spiniabdomina gen. nov. and a new species of Lixophaga Townsend of the tribe Blondelini [sic] (Diptera, Tachinidae) from China". Entomotaxonomia (in Chinese). 13: 127–132.
9. Aldrich, J.M. (1926). "Descriptions of new and little known Diptera or two-winged flies" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 69 (2648): 1–26. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.69-2648.1. hdl:10088/15654.
10. Nihei, Silvio S.; Dios, Rodrigo de V.P. (2016). "Nomenclatural acts for some Neotropical Tachinidae (Diptera)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 56 (16): 177–181. doi:10.11606/0031-1049.2016.56.16.
11. Carrejo, N.; Diaz, A.E.; Woodley, N.E. (2013). "A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, a parasitoid of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 3737: 68–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25112737. Retrieved 20 March 2015.