Lixophaga

Lixophaga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	Lyxophaga Townsend, 1936; Euzenillia Townsend, 1911; Euzenilla Townsend, 1912; Microceromasia Villeneuve, 1911; Urophyllopsis Townsend, 1916; Euzenilliopsis Townsend, 1916; Phrynofrontina Townsend, 1919; Chaquimayoia Townsend, 1927; Epiprospherysa Townsend, 1927; Paranetia Townsend, 1927; Prophorinia Townsend, 1927; Actinotachina Townsend, 1927; Ptilolydella Townsend, 1927; Lydellactia Townsend, 1927; Biohypostena Townsend, 1927; Cataphorinia Townsend, 1927; Itabiomyia Townsend, 1927; Paraprospherysa Townsend, 1927; Chrysoprospherysa Townsend, 1928; Euprospherysa Townsend, 1928; Actinophryno Townsend, 1928; Erycioides Curran, 1930; Plaxactia Townsend, 1931; Prolixophaga Townsend, 1934; Polybiophila Curran, 1937; Messiomyia Reinhard, 1955; Talparomyia Thompson, 1968; Santacruzia Thompson, 1968; Cataphoriniopsis Thompson, 1968; Pseudoprospherysa Thompson, 1968; Dexodioidea Thompson, 1968; Braziliomyia Thompson, 1968; Conoptina Richter, 1995;

Lixophaga is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Species[edit]

Lixophaga aberrans (Townsend, 1929)^[21]
Lixophaga alberta (Curran, 1925)^[22]^[19]
Lixophaga albidula (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga aristalis (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga aurata (Blanchard, 1937)^[23]
Lixophaga aurea (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga beardsleyi Hardy, 1981
Lixophaga brasiliana (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga caledonia (Curran, 1929)^[24]
Lixophaga charapensis (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga cincta (Walker, 1853)
Lixophaga cinctella (Mesnil, 1957)
Lixophaga cinerea Yang, 1988
Lixophaga claripalpis (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga clausa (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga croesus (Townsend, 1928)
Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend, 1916)^[19]
Lixophaga discalis (Coquillett, 1902)^[19]
Lixophaga dubiosa (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga dyscerae Shi, 1991^[25]
Lixophaga facialis (Townsend, 1931)
Lixophaga fallax Mesnil, 1963
Lixophaga famelica (Wiedemann, 1830)
Lixophaga fasciata Curran, 1930^[13]^[19]
Lixophaga fitzgeraldi (Curran, 1937)^[16]
Lixophaga flavescens (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga fulvescens (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga galbae (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga grisea (Curran, 1926)^[26]^[19]
Lixophaga impatiens (Curran, 1925)^[22]
Lixophaga jennei Aldrich, 1926^[27]^[19]
Lixophaga latigena Shima, 1979
Lixophaga leucophaea (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga limoniina (Richter, 1995)
Lixophaga mediocris Aldrich, 1925^[19]
Lixophaga neglecta (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga nigrocincta (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga nubilosa (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga obscura (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga opaca (Wulp, 1890)^[19]
Lixophaga opsiangusta Nihei & Dios, 2016^[28] (new name for Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927) (Cataphorinia))
Lixophaga orbitalis Aldrich, 1926^[27]^[19]
Lixophaga pacata (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908^[19]
Lixophaga plumbea Aldrich, 1925^[19]
Lixophaga plumosula (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga pollinosa (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga proletaria (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga punctata (Townsend, 1927)^[11]
Lixophaga puscolulo Carrejo & Woodley, 2013^[29]
Lixophaga remissa (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga remora Reinhard, 1953
Lixophaga retiniae (Coquillett, 1897)^[19]
Lixophaga santacruzi (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga scintilla Reinhard, 1953
Lixophaga similis (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga similis (Thompson, 1968)
Lixophaga simplex (Walker, 1858)
Lixophaga solitaria (Curran, 1926)^[26]
Lixophaga sphenophori (Villeneuve, 1911)
Lixophaga stenomae Curran, 1935^[30]
Lixophaga subtilis (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga tenuis (Blanchard, 1959)^[23]
Lixophaga thompsoniana Nihei & Dios, 2016^[28] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Thompson, 1968))
Lixophaga thoracica (Curran, 1930)^[13]^[19]
Lixophaga townsendi Guimarães, 1971
Lixophaga townsendiana Nihei & Dios, 2016^[28] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1928))
Lixophaga trichosoma (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga triconis (Reinhard, 1955)^[19]
Lixophaga umbrina (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga umbripennis (Wulp, 1890)
Lixophaga unicolor (Smith, 1917)^[19]
Lixophaga usta (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
Lixophaga variabilis (Coquillett, 1895)^[19]
Lixophaga villeneuvei (Baranov, 1934)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Townsend, C. H. T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithson. Misc. Collect. 51: 138 pp. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ 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.
^ Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pont, Adrian C.; Whitmore, Daniel (2015). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3978 (1): 1–362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3978.1.1. PMID 26249934.
^ 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.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. "A new phasiine parasite of Dysdercus". Revista de Entomologia. 6: 489.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1911). "Announcement of further results secured in the study of muscoid flies". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 4 (2): 127–152. doi:10.1093/aesa/4.2.127.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1912). "Foundation of some new genera and species of muscoid flies mainly on reproductive and early-stage characters". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20: 107–119. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^ Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "Diagnoses of new genera of muscoid flies founded on old species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 49 (2128): 617–633. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2128.617. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1916). "Some new North American muscoid forms". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 4: 73–78. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). "Synopse dos generos muscideos da região humida tropical da America, com generos e especies novas". Revista do Museu Paulista. 15: 203–385 + 4 pls. + [4 (errata).
^ ^a ^b ^c Townsend, C.H.T. (1928). "New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 44: 143–154.
^ ^a ^b ^c Curran, Charles Howard (1930). "Report on the Diptera collected at the Station for the Study of Insects, Harriman Interstate Park, N.Y. Bulletin of the AMNH". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 61 (2).
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1931). "New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.]". Revista de Entomologia. 1: 313–354.
^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1934). "New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. [Concl.]". Revista de Entomologia. 4: 390–406.
^ ^a ^b Curran, C.H. (1937). "Two new Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Polybia species (Hymenoptera)". American Museum Novitates (923): 1–4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Thompson, W.R. (1968). "The tachinids of Trinidad. VIII. Phorocerines". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 56: 1–207.
^ O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q 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.
^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ Townsend, Charles H. T. (1929). "New species of humid tropical American Muccoidea" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 32 (1928) (1): 365–382.
^ ^a ^b Curran, C.H. (1925). "New Tachinidae in the Canadian National Collection (Diptera)". Canadian Entomologist. 57 (6): 150–156. doi:10.4039/Ent57150-6. S2CID 85817161.
^ ^a ^b 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. hdl:11336/26654. PMID 26438932.
^ Curran, Charles Howard (1929). "Diptera collected by Prof. and Mrs. Cockerell in New Caledonia and Fiji Islands" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (375): 1–15. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Curran, C.H. (1926). "Appendix. New Diptera from Jamaica. Pp. 102–114. In: Gowdey, C.C., Catalogus insectorum jamaicensis. Department of Agriculture, Jamaica". Entomological Bulletin. 4 ((1–2)): 1–114.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ 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. 3737. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 68–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25112737. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ Curran, C.H. (1935). "New American Diptera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (812): 1–24. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[Townsend1908-1] Townsend, C. H. T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithson. Misc. Collect. 51: 138 pp. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[2] 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.

[3] Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pont, Adrian C.; Whitmore, Daniel (2015). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3978 (1): 1–362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3978.1.1. PMID 26249934.

[Wood1985-4] 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.

[Townsend1936-5] Townsend, C.H.T. "A new phasiine parasite of Dysdercus". Revista de Entomologia. 6: 489.

[Townsend1911-6] Townsend, C.H.T. (1911). "Announcement of further results secured in the study of muscoid flies". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 4 (2): 127–152. doi:10.1093/aesa/4.2.127.

[Townsend1912c-7] Townsend, C.H.T. (1912). "Foundation of some new genera and species of muscoid flies mainly on reproductive and early-stage characters". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20: 107–119. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

[Townsend1916b-8] Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "Diagnoses of new genera of muscoid flies founded on old species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 49 (2128): 617–633. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2128.617. Retrieved 6 December 2020.

[Townsend1916w-9] Townsend, C.H.T. (1916). "Some new North American muscoid forms". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 4: 73–78. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[Townsend1919-10] Townsend, C.H.T. (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[Townsend1927-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). "Synopse dos generos muscideos da região humida tropical da America, com generos e especies novas". Revista do Museu Paulista. 15: 203–385 + 4 pls. + [4 (errata).

[Townsend1928-12] Townsend, C.H.T. (1928). "New Muscoidea from humid tropical South America". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 44: 143–154.

[Curran1930-13] Curran, Charles Howard (1930). "Report on the Diptera collected at the Station for the Study of Insects, Harriman Interstate Park, N.Y. Bulletin of the AMNH". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 61 (2).

[Townsend1931-14] Townsend, C.H.T. (1931). "New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.]". Revista de Entomologia. 1: 313–354.

[Townsend1934-15] Townsend, C.H.T. (1934). "New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. [Concl.]". Revista de Entomologia. 4: 390–406.

[Curran1937-16] Curran, C.H. (1937). "Two new Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Polybia species (Hymenoptera)". American Museum Novitates (923): 1–4.

[Thompson1968-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Thompson, W.R. (1968). "The tachinids of Trinidad. VIII. Phorocerines". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 56: 1–207.

[OHara2009-18] O'Hara, James E.; Shima, Hiroshi; Zhang, Chuntian (2009). "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2190. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand: 1–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[NorthOfMexico-19] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q 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.

[OHara2020-20] O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[Townsend1929-21] Townsend, Charles H. T. (1929). "New species of humid tropical American Muccoidea" (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 32 (1928) (1): 365–382.

[Curran1925-22] Curran, C.H. (1925). "New Tachinidae in the Canadian National Collection (Diptera)". Canadian Entomologist. 57 (6): 150–156. doi:10.4039/Ent57150-6. S2CID 85817161.

[Mulieri2013-23] 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. hdl:11336/26654. PMID 26438932.

[Curran1929b-24] Curran, Charles Howard (1929). "Diptera collected by Prof. and Mrs. Cockerell in New Caledonia and Fiji Islands" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (375): 1–15. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

[Shi1991-25] 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.

[Curran1926-26] Curran, C.H. (1926). "Appendix. New Diptera from Jamaica. Pp. 102–114. In: Gowdey, C.C., Catalogus insectorum jamaicensis. Department of Agriculture, Jamaica". Entomological Bulletin. 4 ((1–2)): 1–114.

[Aldrich1926-27] 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.

[NiheiDios2016-28] 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.

[Carrejo2013-29] 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. 3737. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 68–76. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25112737. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[Curran1935-30] Curran, C.H. (1935). "New American Diptera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (812): 1–24. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

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Lixophaga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Lixophaga Townsend, 1908^[1]
Type species
Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908^[1]
Synonyms ^[2]^[3]^[4]
Lyxophaga Townsend, 1936^[5] Euzenillia Townsend, 1911^[6] Euzenilla Townsend, 1912^[7] Microceromasia Villeneuve, 1911 Urophyllopsis Townsend, 1916^[8] Euzenilliopsis Townsend, 1916^[9] Phrynofrontina Townsend, 1919^[10] Chaquimayoia Townsend, 1927^[11] Epiprospherysa Townsend, 1927^[11] Paranetia Townsend, 1927^[11] Prophorinia Townsend, 1927^[11] Actinotachina Townsend, 1927^[11] Ptilolydella Townsend, 1927^[11] Lydellactia Townsend, 1927^[11] Biohypostena Townsend, 1927^[11] Cataphorinia Townsend, 1927^[11] Itabiomyia Townsend, 1927^[11] Paraprospherysa Townsend, 1927^[11] Chrysoprospherysa Townsend, 1928^[12] Euprospherysa Townsend, 1928^[12] Actinophryno Townsend, 1928^[12] Erycioides Curran, 1930^[13] Plaxactia Townsend, 1931^[14] Prolixophaga Townsend, 1934^[15] Polybiophila Curran, 1937^[16] Messiomyia Reinhard, 1955 Talparomyia Thompson, 1968^[17] Santacruzia Thompson, 1968^[17] Cataphoriniopsis Thompson, 1968^[17] Pseudoprospherysa Thompson, 1968^[17] Dexodioidea Thompson, 1968^[17] Braziliomyia Thompson, 1968^[17] Conoptina Richter, 1995