Actinodoria Explained

Actinodoria is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} The only known tachinid parasitoid of a dragonfly is believed to belong to this genus, and was discovered as a larva living near the dragonfly's wing muscles.^[4]

Species

• Actinodoria argentata Reinhard, 1975^[5]
• Actinodoria argentea Thompson, 1964^[6]
• Actinodoria argentifrons (Wulp, 1890)^[7]
• Actinodoria cuprea Townsend, 1927

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Shannon . J. Henderson . D. Monty . Wood . World Checklist of the Tachinidae . Tachinidae Resources . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Neal L.. Evenhuis. Adrian C.. Pont. Daniel. Whitmore. 2015. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend. Zootaxa. 3978. 1. 1–362. 10.11646/zootaxa.3978.1.1. 26249934 .
3. http://nomen.at/Actinodoria nomen.at/Actinodoria
4. Stireman III . John O. . Cerretti . Pierfilippo . Wood . D. Monty . Von Ellenrieder . Natalia . Hauser . Martin . Kinnee . Scott . O'Hara . James E. . First record of a parasitoid tachinid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) on a dragonfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae) . Studia dipterologica . December 2015 . 12 September 2020 . 0945-3954.
5. H. J.. Reinhard. 1974. New genera and species of American Tachinidae (Diptera). . 106. 11. 1155–1170. 10.4039/Ent1061155-11.
6. Thompson . W.R. . The tachinids of Trinidad. VI. The larviparous goniines of the carceliine type (Diptera, Tachinidae) . Studia Entomologica . 1964 . 7 . 97–151.
7. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part]. . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1890 . 2 . 89–112.