Cryptomeigenia Explained

Cryptomeigenia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2]} Larvae are parasitoids of adult scarab beetles.^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Cryptomeigenia aurifacies Walton, 1912^[5]
• Cryptomeigenia brimleyi Reinhard, 1947^[6]
• Cryptomeigenia crassipalpis Reinhard, 1947^[6]
• Cryptomeigenia demylus (Walker, 1849)^[7]
• Cryptomeigenia dubia Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia elegans (Wulp, 1890)^[9]
• Cryptomeigenia flavibasis Curran, 1927
• Cryptomeigenia hinei (Coquillett, 1902)
• Cryptomeigenia illinoiensis (Townsend, 1892)^[10]
• Cryptomeigenia longipes (Thompson, 1968)
• Cryptomeigenia meridionalis (Townsend, 1912)^[11]
• Cryptomeigenia muscoides Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia nigripes Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia nigripilosa Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia ochreigaster Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia setifacies Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891
• Cryptomeigenia simplex Curran, 1926^[8]
• Cryptomeigenia theutis (Walker, 1849)^[7]
• Cryptomeigenia triangularis Curran, 1926^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico . James E. . O'Hara . Wood, D. Monty . 28 January 2004 . Biodiversidad de Nicaragua . Nicaragua . 1–42 .
2. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 4 April 2024 . 5 March 2020.
3. Wood. D. M.. 1985. A Taxonomic Conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 117. S132. 3–130. 10.4039/entm117132fv.
4. Web site: World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence . James E. O'Hara . December 31, 2008 . August 1, 2010 . Version 4.0 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211242/http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf . July 6, 2011 .
5. Walton . W.R. . A new species of Tachinidae from Porto Rico . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1913 . 14 [1912] . 198–200 + pl. X . 10 April 2022.
6. Reinhard . H.J. . New genera and species of muscoid Diptera . Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society . 1952 . 47 . 1–12.
7. 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.
8. Curran . C.H. . The Canadian species of the tachinid genera Cryptomeigenia B.B. and Tachinomyia Tns. (Dipt.) . Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada . Series 3 . 1926 . 20 . 5 . 155–171 + [1] p. + 2 pls.
9. Book: Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae. Pp. 113-144. [Cont.] In: Godman, F.D. and Salvin, O., eds., Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Zoologia. Class Insecta. Order Diptera. Vol. II. [1888–1903.] . 1890 . Taylor & Francis . London . 489 pp + 13 pls.
10. Townsend . C.H.T. . Notes on North American Tachinidae sens. str. with descriptions of new genera and species. Paper III . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 1892 . 19 . 88–132 . 21 March 2022.
11. Townsend . C.H.T. . Description of new genera and species of muscoid flies from the Andean and Pacific Coast regions of South America . Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. . 1912 . 43 . 1935 . 301–367 . 10.5479/si.00963801.1935.301 . 9 June 2023.