Formosia Explained

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

Species & subgenera

• Euamphibolia Townsend, 1916^[2]

• Formosia atribasis (Walker, 1861)^[3]

• Formosia complicita (Walker, 1861)^[3]

• Formosia engeli (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia faceta (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia fusca Crosskey, 1973^[5]

• Formosia smaragdina Malloch, 1929^[6]

• Formosia speciosa (Erichson, 1842)^[7]
• Formosia Guerin-Meneville, 1843

• Formosia blattina (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia bracteata (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia callipygos Gerstaecker, 1860^[8]

• Formosia eos (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia fervens (Walker, 1861)^[3]

• Formosia flavipennis (Macquart, 1848)^[9]

• Formosia gemmata (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia glorificans (Walker, 1861)^[10]

• Formosia heinrichiana (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia heinrothi (Enderlein, 1936)^[4]

• Formosia mirabilis (Guerin-Meneville, 1831)

• Formosia solomonicola Baranov, 1936^[11]

• Formosia viridiventris Crosskey, 1973^[5]
• Pseudoformosia Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889^[12]

• Formosia excelsa (Walker, 1861)^[13]

• Formosia moneta Gerstaecker, 1860^[8]

• Formosia paupera Meijere, 1904^[14]

• Formosia saturatissima (Walker, 1861)^[3]

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 . 23 January 2024 . 5 March 2020.
2. Townsend . Charles Henry Tyler . Diagnoses of new genera of muscoid flies founded on old species . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1916 . 49 . 2128 . 617–633 . 10.5479/si.00963801.2128.617 . 6 December 2020.
3. Walker . F. . Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Batchian, Kaisaa and Makian, and at Tidon in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species . Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology . 1861 . 5 . 20 . 270–303. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1861.tb02237.x .
4. Enderlein . G. . Klassifikation der Rutiliien . Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Kolonial- und Uebersee-Museums . 1936 . 1 . 397–446.
5. Crosskey . Roger Ward . A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement . 1973 . 21 . 1–221 . 14 March 2022 . London. 10.5962/p.193226 .
6. Malloch . J.R. . Notes on Australian Diptera. XX . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1929 . 54 . 283–343 . 7 May 2022.
7. Erichson . W.F. . Beitrag zur Insecten-Faunavon Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung dergeographischen Verbreitung der Insecten . Archiv Naturgesch . 1842 . 8 . 83-287, pls. 4-5 . 10 November 2022.
8. Gerstaecker . A. . Beschreibung einiger aus gezeichneten neuen Dipteren aus der Familie Muscariae. . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 1860 . 21 . 163-202, pl. 2 . 23 January 2024.
9. 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.
10. Walker . F. . Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species . Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology . 1861 . 5 . 19 . 229–254 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1861.tb02102.x . 27 January 2021. free .
11. Baranov . N. . Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der parasitaren Raupenfliegen (Tachinidae=Larvaevoridae) von den Salomonen und Neubritannien . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1936 . 17 . 10 . 97–113. 10.1080/03745481.1936.10801392 .
12. Brauer. F.. Bergenstamm. J. E. von . 1889 . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 56 . 1 . 69–180 . 25 November 2014.
13. Walker . F. . Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Gilolo, Ternate, and Ceram, by Mr. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species . Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology . 1861 . 6 [1862] . 4–23 . 28 March 2022.
14. Meijere . J.C.H. de. . Note V. Zwei neue Dipteren aus dem Ostindischen Archipel . Notes from the Leyden Museum . 1904 . 24 . 177–178 . 23 January 2024.