Dexia (fly) explained

Dexia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2]} Most larvae are parasitoids of beetles (Scarabaeidae).^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Dexia alticola Zhang & Shima, 2010^[5]
• Dexia atripes (Malloch, 1935)^[6]
• Dexia aurohumera Emden, 1947
• Dexia basifera Walker, 1859^[7]
• Dexia bivittata (Townsend, 1928)
• Dexia caldwelli Curran, 1927^[8]
• Dexia capensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[9]
• Dexia chaoi Zhang & Shima, 2010^[5]
• Dexia chinensis Zhang & Chen, 2010^[5]
• Dexia cuthbertsoni (Curran, 1941)
• Dexia divergens Walker, 1856^[10]
• Dexia extendens Walker, 1856^[11]
• Dexia flavida (Townsend, 1925)
• Dexia flavipes Coquillett, 1898^[12]
• Dexia formosana (Townsend, 1927)
• Dexia fraseri (Malloch, 1935)^[6]
• Dexia fulvifera Röder, 1893^[13]
• Dexia fusiformis Walker, 1853^[14]
• Dexia gilva Mesnil, 1980^[15]
• Dexia hainanensis Zhang, 2005^[16]
• Dexia inappendiculata Austen, 1909^[17]
• Dexia incisuralis (Baranov, 1932)
• Dexia kurahashii Zhang & Shima, 2010^[5]
• Dexia lepida Wiedemann, 1830^[18]
• Dexia longipennis (Townsend, 1926)
• Dexia longipes (Townsend, 1926)
• Dexia luzonensis (Townsend, 1928)
• Dexia major (Malloch, 1935)^[6]
• Dexia maritima Kolomiets, 1969
• Dexia montana (Baranov, 1932)
• Dexia monticola (Malloch, 1935)^[6]
• Dexia orphne Curran, 1927
• Dexia pandama Walker, 1849^[19]
• Dexia pandens Walker, 1849^[19]
• Dexia pollinosa Villeneuve, 1943
• Dexia prakritiae Lahiri, 2006^[20]
• Dexia quadristriata Lahiri, 2006^[20]
• Dexia rhodesia (Curran, 1941)
• Dexia rustica (Fabricius, 1775)^[21]
• Dexia seticincta Mesnil, 1980^[15]
• Dexia subflava Zhang, Pang & Zhao, 2006.^[22]
• Dexia subnuda (Malloch, 1935)^[6]
• Dexia tenuiforceps Zhang & Shima, 2010^[5]
• Dexia torneutopoda (Speiser, 1914)^[23]
• Dexia uelensis Emden, 1954
• Dexia uniseta Curran, 1927
• Dexia varivittata Curran, 1927
• Dexia velutina (Mesnil, 1953)^[24]
• Dexia ventralis Aldrich, 1925^[25]
• Dexia vicina (Mesnil, 1953)^[24]
• Dexia violovitshi Kolomiets, 1969
• Dexia vittata (Baranov, 1932)

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 . 18 December 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. O'Hara . James E. . Shima . Hiroshi . Zhang . Chuntian . 2009 . Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China . Zootaxa . 2190 . 1–236 . Magnolia Press . New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1 . 1175-5334 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2009-08-17 . free .
3. Book: Arnaud Jr, Paul H.. 1978 . A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.. 860 pp.
4. Web site: Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico. North American Dipterists Society. US. 27 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725132056/http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/CatNAmer/Genera/Dexia.htm. 25 July 2011. dead.
5. Zhang . C.T. . Shima . H. . Chen . X.L. . A review of the genus Dexia Meigen in the Palearctic and Oriental Regions (Diptera: Tachinidae) . Zootaxa . 2019 . 2705 . 1–81 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2705.1.1 . 87016525 . 13 January 2021.
6. Malloch . J.R. . Exotic Muscaridae (Diptera).—XL. . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1935 . 16 . 10 . 562–597.
7. Walker . F. . Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species . Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology . 18591860 . 4 . 90–96, 97–144, 145–172 . 21 November 2022.
8. Curran . C.H. . New Neotropical and Oriental Diptera in the American Museum of Natural History . American Museum Novitates . 1927 . 245 . 1–9 . 13 January 2021.
9. Robineau-Desvoidy . J.B. . Essai sur les myodaires . Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques) . 1830 . 2 . 2 . 1–813 . 7 January 2022.
10. Book: Walker . F. . Insecta Britannica, Diptera . 3 . 1856 . L. Reeve . London . xxiv + 352 pp., pls. 21–30.
11. Walker. Francis. Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species.. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London. Zoology. 1856. 1. 3. 119. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00964.x.
12. Coquillett . D.W. . Report on a Collection of Japanese Diptera, Presented to the U.S. National Museum by the Imperial University of Tokyo. . Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum . 1898 . XXI . 1146 . 301–340 . 20 July 2018.
13. Röder . V. von . Enumeratio Dipterorum, quae H. Fruhstorfer in parte meridional insulae Ceylon legit . Entomologische Nachrichten . 1893 . 14 . 234–236.
14. 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.
15. Mesnil . L.P. . 64f. Dexiinae. In: Lindner, E. (ed.) . Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region . 1980 . 9 . 323 . 1–52.
16. Zhang . C.T. . A new species of the genus Dexia Meigen from Hainan, China (Diptera, Tachinidae) . Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica . 2005 . 30 . 2 . 436–439.
17. Austen . E.E. . Ruwenzori expedition reports. 10. Diptera. . Transactions of the Zoological Society of London . 1909 . 19 . 85–102, pl. 3. . 9 June 2023.
18. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
19. 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.
20. Book: Lahiri . A.R. . Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae. Pp. 199-211. In Alfred J.R.B. [Ed.], Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae. Fauna of Nagaland . 2006 . Zoological Survey of India . Calcutta . 600pp.
21. 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.
22. Book: Zhang . C. . Pang . Y. . Zhao . J. . Tachinid flies of Guangdong, China (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 297-306. In Ren, G., Zhang, R. & Zhi, F. (eds), Classification and diversity of insects in China . 2006 . China Agricultural Science and Technology Press. . Place of publication unknown . vi + 402 pp..
23. Speiser . P. . Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna von Kamerun. II. . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1914 . 1914 . 1–16 . 14 November 2022.
24. Mesnil . L.P. . Nouveaux tachinaires d’Orient. (2e partie.) . Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 1953 . 89 . 146–178.
25. Aldrich . J.M. . New Diptera or two-winged flies in the United States National Museum . Proceedings of the United States Natural Museum, Washington . 1925 . 66 . 18 . 1–36 . 3 June 2020.