Leucostomatini
Encyclopedia
Leucostomatini is a tribe of flies
in the family Tachinidae
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
in the family Tachinidae
Tachinidae
Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
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Genera
- CalyptromyiaCalyptromyiaCalyptromyia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. barbata Villeneuve, 1915...
VilleneuveJoseph Th.Villeneuve de JantiJoseph Villeneuve de Janti Was a French entomologist who specialised inDiptera .He worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in the same city.As well as naming many new taxa Villeneuve made many significant contributions to medical entomology.He...
, 1915 - CinochiraCinochiraCinochira is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. -Species:*C. atra Zetterstedt, 1845...
ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1845 - ClairvilliaClairvilliaClairvillia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. amicta Reinhard, 1962*C. biguttata *C. nitoris *C. pninae Kugler, 1971*C. timberlakei...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - ClairvilliopsClairvilliopsClairvilliops is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*C. breviforceps van Emden, 1954...
Mesnil, 1959 - DionaeaDionaea (fly)Dionaea is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*D. aurifrons *D. flavisquamis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863*D. magnifrons Herting, 1977...
Robineau-DesvoidyJean-Baptiste Robineau-DesvoidyAndré Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
, 1830 - LabigasteraLabigasteraLabigastera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. forcipata *L. latiforceps Tschorsnig, 2000*L. nitidula *L. pauciseta...
MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1834 - LeucostomaLeucostoma (fly)Leucostoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*L. abbreviatum Herting, 1971*L. acirostre Reinhard, 1956*L. anthracinum *L. aterrimum *L. crassum Kugler, 1966...
MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1803