Dichocera Explained

Dichocera is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1] The genus Ceuthophilus is known to be a host of this parasitoid, possibly of the lyrata species.^[2]

Species

• Dichocera auranticauda (Arnaud, 1963)
• Dichocera dichoceroides (Arnaud, 1963)
• Dichocera latifrons O'Hara, 2002^[3]
• Dichocera lyrata Williston, 1895
• Dichocera orientalis (Walton, 1914)
• Dichocera orientalis Coquillett, 1897^[4]
• Dichocera riederi (Reinhard, 1943)^[5]
• Dichocera robusta Brooks, 1945^[6]

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 . 1 July 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. Chinn . Jett S. . Arnaud . Paul H. . First records of Dichocera (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from Ceuthophilus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) hosts in Nevada and New York . Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 1993 . English.
3. James E. . O'Hara . 2002 . Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America North of Mexico . . Suppl. 10 . 1–170 . 3-932795-15-6.
4. Coquillett. D.W.. Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects. Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture. 1897. 7. 156 . 28 March 2022.
5. Reinhard . H.J. . New North American Muscoidea (Tachinidae, Diptera) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1943 . 16 . 14–23.
6. Brooks . A.R. . New Canadian Diptera (Tachinidae) . The Canadian Entomologist . 1945 . 77 . 5 . 78–96. 10.4039/Ent7778-5 .