Formosia (subgenus) explained

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

Species

• Formosia blattina (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia bracteata (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia callipygos Gerstaecker, 1860^[3]
• Formosia eos (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia fervens (Walker, 1861)^[4]
• Formosia flavipennis (Macquart, 1848)^[5]
• Formosia gemmata (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia glorificans (Walker, 1861)^[6]
• Formosia heinrichiana (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia heinrothi (Enderlein, 1936)^[2]
• Formosia mirabilis (Guerin-Meneville, 1831)
• Formosia solomonicola Baranov, 1936^[7]
• Formosia viridiventris Crosskey, 1973^[8]

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. Enderlein . G. . Klassifikation der Rutiliien . Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Kolonial- und Uebersee-Museums . 1936 . 1 . 397–446.
3. Gerstaecker . A. . Beschreibung einiger aus gezeichneten neuen Dipteren aus der Familie Muscariae. . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 1860 . 21 . 163–202, pl. 2 . 23 January 2024.
4. 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 .
5. 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.
6. 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 .
7. 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 .
8. 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 .