Kirbya Explained

Kirbya is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2]}

Subgenera & Species

• Subgenus Coleophasia Townsend, 1931^[3]
  • Kirbya pacifica (Curran, 1927)^[4]
• Subgenus Hesperophasia Townsend, 1915^[5]
  • Kirbya aenescens (Curran, 1927)^[4]
  • Kirbya setosa (Townsend, 1915)^[5]
• Subgenus Hesperophasiopsis Townsend, 1915^[5]
  • Kirbya aldrichi (Curran, 1927)^[4]
  • Kirbya californica (Townsend, 1915)^[5]
  • Kirbya nigripennis (Curran, 1927)^[4]
• Subgenus Kirbya Townsend, 1915^[5]
  • Kirbya moerens (Meigen, 1830)^[6]
  • Kirbya unicolor Villeneuve, 1927^[4]
• Unplaced to subgenus
  • Kirbya turkmenica Richter, 1995

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 . 9 February 2024 . 5 March 2020.
2. O'Hara . James E. . Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico . Tachinidae Resources.
3. Townsend . C.H.T. . New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.] . Revista de Entomologia . 1931 . 1 . 313–354.
4. Curran . C.H. . Some new North American Diptera . Canadian Entomologist . 1927 . 59 . 12 . 290–303. 10.4039/Ent59290-12 .
5. Townsend . C.H.T. . New western and southwestern Muscoidea . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 1915 . 23 . 216–234 . 21 March 2022.
6. Book: Meigen . J.W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1830 . Sechster Theil. Schulz . Hamm . xi + 401 +[3] pp.