Epalpus Explained

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

Species

• Epalpus affinis Schiner, 1868^[2]
• Epalpus albomaculatus (Jaennicke, 1867)^[3]
• Epalpus alligans (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus alternus (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus aureus (Townsend, 1914)
• Epalpus aurifer (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus bolivianus Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus brunneipennis Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus callanganus Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus canus (Wulp, 1888)^[6]
• Epalpus consanguineus (Wulp, 1892)^[6]
• Epalpus contrarius (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus denudatus Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus femoratus (Wulp, 1892)^[6]
• Epalpus flavicans (Macquart, 1846)^[7]
• Epalpus flavipes Vimmer & Soukup, 1940^[8]
• Epalpus fuscanipennis Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus imitator (Townsend, 1929)
• Epalpus laticornis (Wulp, 1888)^[6]
• Epalpus lativittus (Walker, 1853)^[9]
• Epalpus leucomelanus (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus lindigii Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus lineatus Townsend, 1914
• Epalpus maculus (Macquart, 1844)^[10]
• Epalpus montivagus (Wulp, 1892)^[6]
• Epalpus nattereri Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus nitidus (Macquart, 1851)^[11]
• Epalpus niveus Townsend, 1914
• Epalpus ochraceus (Townsend, 1929)
• Epalpus pallitarsis Rondani, 1850
• Epalpus peruvianus (Macquart, 1848)^[12]
• Epalpus piceus (Giglio-Tos, 1893)^[13]
• Epalpus pictus (Schiner, 1868)^[2]
• Epalpus porteri Brèthes, 1918
• Epalpus rostratus Rondani, 1868^[14]
• Epalpus rufipennis (Macquart, 1846)^[7]
• Epalpus rufipes (Brooks, 1949)^[15]
• Epalpus rufitibia (Wulp, 1888)^[6]
• Epalpus rufiventris (Macquart, 1844)^[10]
• Epalpus semiater Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus semiflava Bischof, 1904^[5]
• Epalpus signifer (Walker, 1849)^[4]
• Epalpus tarsalis (Schiner, 1868)^[2]
• Epalpus testaceus (Wulp, 1888)^[6]
• Epalpus unicolor Wulp, 1888^[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 . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Book: Schiner . I.R. . Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. . 1868 . K. Gerold's Sohn . Wien . 388pp., 4 pls.
3. Jaennicke. Johann Friedrich. Neue exotische Dipteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 1867. 6. 311–408, pls. 43–44.. 15 June 2017.
4. 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.
5. Bischof . J. . Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Muscaria schizometopa . Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich- Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien . 1904 . 54 . 79–101 . 31 March 2022.
6. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part] . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1888 . 2 . 2–40.
7. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1] ]. 1846 . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts . Lille . 133–364, 20 pls . 5 December 2020.
8. Vimmer . A. . Soukup . J. . Los dípteros de los alrededores de Puno. Tachinoidea. [Cont.] . Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" . 1940 . 4 . 205–223.
9. 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.
10. Book: Macquart. P. J. M.. Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--3e partie. 1844. Roret. Paris. 1–304, 36 pls. 9 August 2017.
11. Macquart. P. J. M. . 1851 . Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4e supplement publie dans les memoires de 1849 . Mémoires de la Société (Royale) des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts à Lille . 1850 . 134–294 . 28 March 2021.
12. Macquart . Pierre-Justin-Marie . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 2.me supplement. [=Suppl. 3] (2): . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille . 1848 . 1847 . 2 . 161–237, 7 pls..
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.
14. Rondani . Camillo . Diptera aliqua in America meridionali lecta a Prof. P. Strobel annis 1866-67 distincta et annotata, novis aliquibus descriptis . Annuario della Societàdi naturalisti di Modena . 1868 . 3 . 24–40 . 17 March 2021.
15. Brooks . A.R. . New North American larvaevorine flies . The Canadian Entomologist . 1949 . 81 . 21–24.