Leskia Explained

Leskia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

• Leskia angusta (Walker, 1853)^[6]
• Leskia arturi (Guimarães, 1975)^[7]
• Leskia aurea (Fallén, 1820)^[8]
• Leskia aurifrons (Macquart, 1846)^[9]
• Leskia bezziana (Baranov, 1938)^[10]
• Leskia bibens (Wiedemann, 1830)^[11]
• Leskia bwambana Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia certima (Curran, 1927)^[13]
• Leskia darwini Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia depilis (Coquillett, 1895)^[14]
• Leskia diadema (Wiedemann, 1830)^[11]
• Leskia erevanica Richter, 1974
• Leskia famelica (Wiedemann, 1830)^[11]
• Leskia flava (Townsend, 1911)
• Leskia flavescens (Townsend, 1929)^[15]
• Leskia flavipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)^[11]
• Leskia flavitegula Zhang, 2023^[16]
• Leskia hirtula (Villeneuve, 1936)
• Leskia ignifrons (Bezzi, 1928)^[17]
• Leskia lineata Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia lineaticollis Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia longirostris (Villeneuve, 1937)
• Leskia macilenta Mesnil, 1978^[18]
• Leskia miranda Mesnil, 1973^[19]
• Leskia occidentalis (Coquillett, 1895)^[20]
• Leskia pallidithorax Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia palliventris Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia pellucens Curran, 1925
• Leskia penaltis (Curran, 1934)^[21]
• Leskia pertecta (Walker, 1861)^[22]
• Leskia pertinax (Curran, 1934)^[21]
• Leskia pilipleura Mesnil, 1978^[18]
• Leskia pruinosa Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia sanctaecrucis (Thompson, 1963)^[23]
• Leskia sappirina Mesnil, 1978^[18]
• Leskia similis (Townsend, 1916)
• Leskia siphonina (Villeneuve, 1937)^[24]
• Leskia taylori Emden, 1960^[12]
• Leskia verna (Curran, 1934)^[21]
• Leskia villeneuvei Emden, 1960^[12]

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. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4ai . 170.
3. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I. . 1954. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4a . 133.
4. Book: Chandler, Peter J. . 1998 . Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera . . 12 . 1 . 1–234 . 0-901546-82-8 . . London .
5. Web site: World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence . James E. O'Hara . December 31, 2008 . August 1, 2010 . Version 4.0 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211242/http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf . July 6, 2011 .
6. 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.
7. Guimarães . J.H. . Three new records of Tachinidae (Diptera) attacking Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in Brazil, with description of a new species . Revta Bras. Ent. . 1975 . 19 . 127–132.
8. Book: Fallen . C.F. . Monographia Muscidum Sveciae . 1820 . Berlingianis . Lundae [=Lund] . 49–56–57–64–65–72–73–80–81–94.
9. 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.
10. Baranov . N. . Neue indo-australische Tachinidae . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 1938 . 29 . 4 . 405–414. 10.1017/S0007485300026304 .
11. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
12. Emden . F.I. van. . Keys to the Ethiopian Tachinidae—III Macquartiinae . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1960 . 134 . 3 . 313–487. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1960.tb05596.x .
13. Curran . C.H. . Some new Australasian and African Diptera of the families Muscidae and Tachinidae (Dipt.) . Entomologische Mitteilungen . 1927 . 16 . 345–357.
14. Coquillett . D.W. . With descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 307-319. In Johnson, C.W., Diptera of Florida . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. . 1895 . 1895 . 303–340.
15. Townsend. Charles H. T.. 1929. New species of humid tropical American Muccoidea . Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 32 (1928). 1. 365–382.
16. Li . Y. . Dong . R.Q. . Hao . B. . Zhang . C.T. . Two new species and one newly recorded species of Tachinidae from Chongqing, China (Diptera: Calyptratae) . Zootaxa . 2023 . 5257 . 1 . 160–169. 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.12 . 37044614 . 257747894 . free .
17. Bezzi. Mario. Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). Nature. 123. 3104. 1928. viii + 220.
18. Mesnil . L.P. . Nouveaux tachinaires de Madagascar (Dipt. Tachinidae) – 7e partie . . 1978 . 51 . 107–114.
19. Mesnil . L.P. . 64g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). In: Lindner, E. (ed.) . Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region . 1973 . 10 . 1113–1168. Lfg. 298.
20. Coquillett . D.W. . New Tachinidae with a slender proboscis . The Canadian Entomologist . 1895 . 27 . 5 . 125–128 . 10.4039/Ent27125-5 . 18 July 2023.
21. Curran . C.H. . The Diptera of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species from other British Guiana localities . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 1934 . 66 . 287–532 . 21 February 2021.
22. Walker . F. . Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. &c. [part]. ]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . New Series . 1861 . 5 . 297–334 . 8 July 2023.
23. Thompson . W.R. . The Tachinids of Trinidad. II. Echynomyiines, Dexiines and allies . Canad. J. Zool.. . 1963 . 41 . 335–576. 10.1139/z63-029 .
24. Villeneuve . J. . Descriptions de myodaires supérieurs . Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines . 1937 . 29 . 205–212.