Biology:Phosocephala

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Short description: Genus of flies

Phosocephala
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Tachinini
Genus: Phosocephala
Townsend, 1908[1]
Type species
Phosocephala metallica
Townsend, 1908[1]
Synonyms
  • Phosococephala Coquillett, 1910[2]

Phosocephala is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[3]

Species

  • Phosocephala alexanderi Fleming & Wood, 2016[4]
  • Phosocephala metallica Townsend, 1908

Distribution

Costa Rica.

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Townsend, C.H.T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 51. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25140423#page/125/mode/1up. Retrieved 9 June 2023. 
  2. Coquillett, Daniel William (1910). "The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37[1719]: 499–647. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556778#page/593/mode/1up. Retrieved 5 March 2021. 
  3. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World". http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf. 
  4. Fleming, A.J.; Wood, D.M.; Smith, M.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W.; Dapkey, T. (2016). "A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica". Biodiversity Data Journal 4 (e7863): 1–16. https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7863/. Retrieved 18 June 2023. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14089667 entry