Biology:Protohystricia

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Protohystricia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[1] Their larvae are deposited next to the burrows of porina moth caterpillars, which they will locate and parasitise.[2]

Species

  • Protohystricia alcis (Walker, 1849)[3]
  • Protohystricia gourlayi (Tonnoir, 1935)[4]
  • Protohystricia huttoni Malloch, 1930[5]
  • Protohystricia orientalis (Schiner, 1868)[6]

Distribution

New Zealand.

References

  1. 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. 
  2. Forster, Raymond R. (1978). Small land animals of New Zealand. Dunedin: McIndoe. pp. 88. ISBN 978-0-908565-57-3. http://archive.org/details/smalllandanimals0000fors. 
  3. Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/118982#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 20 October 2022. 
  4. Tonnoir, A.L. (1935). "Notes on the genus Hexamera B. & B. (Dipt. Tachin.)". Counc. Sci. Ind. Res. Pam. 52: 5–12. 
  5. Malloch, J.R. (1930). "Notes on Australian Diptera. XXIV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55: 303–353. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35070082#page/413/mode/1up. Retrieved 28 March 2022. 
  6. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B.. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls. 

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