Cistogaster Explained

Cistogaster is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1] Known hosts are Hemiptera of the genus Aelia sp. (family Pentatomidae).^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Cistogaster acuta (Zimin, 1966)^[3]
• Cistogaster agata (Zimin, 1966)^[3]
• Cistogaster dominica Curran, 1927^[4]
• Cistogaster globosa (Fabricius, 1775)^[5]
• Cistogaster insularis Williston, 1896^[6]
• Cistogaster mesnili (Zimin, 1966)^[3]
• Cistogaster sinuata (Zimin, 1966)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Belshaw, R.. 1993. Diptera: Tachinidae. 170pp. . Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 4ai .
2. 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.
3. Zimin . L.S. . A review of the tribe Gymnosomatini (Diptera, Tachinidae) of the faune of tne USSR, parasitising in the planteating bugs . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie . 1966 . 45 . 424–456 . Russian.
4. Curran . C.H. . New West Indian Tachinidae . American Museum Novitates . 1927 . 1–15 . 17 March 2022.
5. Book: Fabricius . J.C. . Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. . 1775 . Kortii . Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] . [32] + 832 . 20 February 2021.
6. Williston . Samuel Wendell . On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies) . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1896 . 1896 . 253–446, pls. 8–14 . 3 June 2018.