Archytas (fly) explained

Archytas is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1]

Species

Subgenus Archytas Jaennicke, 1867

• Archytas analis (Fabricius, 1805)^[2]
• Archytas apicifer (Walker, 1849)^[3]
• Archytas basifulvus (Walker, 1849)^[3]
• Archytas bruchi (Blanchard, 1941)
• Archytas californiae (Walker, 1853)^[4]
• Archytas cirphis Curran, 1927^[5]
• Archytas daemon (Wiedemann, 1830)^[6]
• Archytas diaphanus (Fabricius, 1805)^[2]
• Archytas divisus (Walker, 1853)^[4]
• Archytas dux Curran, 1928^[7]
• Archytas frenguellii (Blanchard, 1941)
• Archytas giacomellii (Blanchard, 1941)
• Archytas inambaricus (Townsend, 1915)^[8]
• Archytas lobulatus Curran, 1928
• Archytas marmoratus (Townsend, 1915)^[9]
• Archytas misionensis (Blanchard, 1941)
• Archytas nivalis Curran, 1928
• Archytas nonamensis Ravlin, 1984^[10]
• Archytas palliatus Curran, 1928^[11]
• Archytas peruanus Curran, 1928^[11]
• Archytas productus Curran, 1928^[7]
• Archytas prudens Curran, 1928^[7]
• Archytas pseudodaemon (Blanchard, 1940)
• Archytas rufiventris Curran, 1928
• Archytas shannoni Guimarães, 1960
• Archytas thompsoni Guimarães, 1973^[12]
• Archytas wagneri (Blanchard, 1941)

Subgenus Nemochaeta Wulp, 1888

• Archytas aberrans (Giglio-Tos, 1893)^[13]
• Archytas aterrima (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^[14]
• Archytas australis (Macquart, 1855)^[15]
• Archytas convexiforceps Brooks, 1949^[16]
• Archytas crucius (Giglio-Tos, 1893)^[13]
• Archytas dissimilis (Wulp, 1888)^[17]
• Archytas frontalis Wulp, 1892^[17]
• Archytas infuscatus (Wulp, 1892)^[17]
• Archytas instabilis Curran, 1928^[18]
• Archytas intritus (Walker, 1861)^[19]
• Archytas jurinoides (Giglio-Tos, 1893)^[13]
• Archytas lateralis (Macquart, 1844)
• Archytas metallicus (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^[14]
• Archytas nitidus (Wulp, 1892)^[17]
• Archytas pernox (Giglio-Tos, 1893)^[13]

Unplaced to subgenus

• Archytas albiceps (Walker, 1860)^[20]
• Archytas amethystinus (Macquart, 1844)^[21]
• Archytas angrensis Guimarães, 1963^[22]
• Archytas araujoi Guimarães, 1963^[23]
• Archytas arnaudi Guimarães, 1963^[22]
• Archytas aurifrons (Townsend, 1917)
• Archytas bennetti Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas biezankoi Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas caroniensis Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas carrerai Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas damippus (Walker, 1849)^[3]
• Archytas dissimiloides Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas duckei Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas flavifacies (Macquart, 1851)
• Archytas flavifrons (Jaennicke, 1867)
• Archytas fulviventris (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^[14]
• Archytas goncalvesi Guimarães, 1963^[22]
• Archytas hiemalis Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas incertus (Macquart, 1851)^[26]
• Archytas infumatus (Bigot, 1887)^[27]
• Archytas lanei Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas lenkoi Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas leschenaldi (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^[14]
• Archytas lopesi Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas neptilucus (Wulp, 1892)^[17]
• Archytas nigrocalyptratus (Macquart, 1846)^[28]
• Archytas pearsoni Guimarães, 1963^[23]
• Archytas perplexa (Townsend, 1931)
• Archytas piarconensis Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas pilifrons (Schiner, 1868)^[29]
• Archytas pilosus (Walker, 1853)^[4]
• Archytas platonicus Cortés & Campos, 1971^[30]
• Archytas purseglovei Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas russatus Reinhard, 1962
• Archytas sabroskyi Guimarães, 1963^[22]
• Archytas sanctaecrucis Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas scutellatus (Macquart, 1844)^[21]
• Archytas seabrai Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas seminiger (Wiedemann, 1830)^[6]
• Archytas setifacies Curran, 1928^[11]
• Archytas sibillans Curran, 1928^[31]
• Archytas smaragdinus (Macquart, 1844)^[21]
• Archytas townsendi Curran, 1928^[31]
• Archytas translucens (Macquart, 1846)^[28]
• Archytas travassosi Guimarães, 1961^[25]
• Archytas trinitatis Thompson, 1963^[24]
• Archytas unguis (Townsend, 1915)^[8]
• Archytas varicornis Curran, 1928^[11]
• Archytas vernalis Curran, 1928^[7]
• Archytas vexor Curran, 1928^[31]
• Archytas willistoni Curran, 1925
• Archytas zikani Guimarães, 1961^[25]

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Book: Fabricius . Johann Christian . Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species . 1805 . Apud Carolum Reichard . Bransvigae . i-xiv, 1–373. 5 June 2020.
3. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. 1849 . British Museum . London . [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. 20 October 2022.
4. Book: Walker. Frances. Diptera. Part IV, pp. 253-474, pls. 7-8. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. 1853. Van Voorst. London. 1–474.
5. Curran . C.H. . A new tachinid parasitic on armyworms in Mexico . Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society . 1927 . 6 . 497–498.
6. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
7. Curran . C.H. . Revision of the American species of Archytas (Tachinidae, Diptera) [concl.] . The Canadian Entomologist . 1928 . 60 . 275–282, 3 pls. 10.4039/Ent60275-11 . 251415141 .
8. Townsend . C.H.T. . New Neotropical muscoid flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1915 . 49 . 2115 . 405–440 . 10.5479/si.00963801.2115.405 . 18 March 2022.
9. Townsend . C.H.T. . New muscoid flies, mainly Hystriciidae and Pyrrhosiinae from the Andean Montanya. [Concl.] ]. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus . 1915 . 2 [1914] . 183–187 . 10 June 2023.
10. Ravlin . F.W. . Stehr . F.W. . A revision of the genus Archytas (Diptera: Tachinidae) for America north of Mexico . Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America . 1984 . 58 . 1–59.
11. Curran . C.H. . Revision of the American species of Archytas (Tachinidae, Diptera) [part] . The Canadian Entomologist . 1928 . 60 . 249–256. 10.4039/Ent60249-10 . 251414589 .
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13. Giglio-Tos . E. . Diagnosi di nuovi generi e di nuove specie di Ditteri. IX, no 158 . Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino . 1893 . 14 . 8 . 1–14 . 8 March 2021.
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19. Walker . F. . Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. &c. [part]. ]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . New Series . 1861 . 5 . 297–334 . 9 June 2023.
20. Walker . F. . Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. &c. [part]. ]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . New Series . 1860 . 5 . 268–296 . 30 August 2022.
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22. Guimarães . J.H. . Quarta contribuição ao conhecimento do gênero Archytas Jaennecke, 1867 (Diptera, Tachinidae) . Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz . 1963 . 61 . 153–164. 10.1590/S0074-02761963000100012 . free .
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