Lixophaga Explained

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

Species

• Lixophaga aberrans (Townsend, 1929)^[4]
• Lixophaga alberta (Curran, 1925)^{[5] [2]}
• Lixophaga albidula (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga aristalis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga aurata (Blanchard, 1937)^[6]
• Lixophaga aurea (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga beardsleyi Hardy, 1981
• Lixophaga brasiliana (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga caledonia (Curran, 1929)^[7]
• Lixophaga charapensis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga cincta (Walker, 1853)
• Lixophaga cinctella (Mesnil, 1957)
• Lixophaga cinerea Yang, 1988
• Lixophaga claripalpis (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga clausa (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga croesus (Townsend, 1928)
• Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend, 1916)^[2]
• Lixophaga discalis (Coquillett, 1902)^[2]
• Lixophaga dubiosa (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga dyscerae Shi, 1991^[8]
• Lixophaga facialis (Townsend, 1931)
• Lixophaga fallax Mesnil, 1963
• Lixophaga famelica (Wiedemann, 1830)
• Lixophaga fasciata Curran, 1930^[2]
• Lixophaga fitzgeraldi (Curran, 1937)
• Lixophaga flavescens (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga fulvescens (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga galbae (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga grisea (Curran, 1926)^{[9] [2]}
• Lixophaga impatiens (Curran, 1925)^[5]
• Lixophaga jennei Aldrich, 1926^{[10] [2]}
• Lixophaga latigena Shima, 1979
• Lixophaga leucophaea (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga limoniina (Richter, 1995)
• Lixophaga mediocris Aldrich, 1925^[2]
• Lixophaga neglecta (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga nigrocincta (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga nubilosa (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga obscura (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga opaca (Wulp, 1890)^[2]
• Lixophaga opsiangusta Nihei & Dios, 2016^[11] (new name for Lixophaga angusta (Townsend, 1927) (Cataphorinia))
• Lixophaga orbitalis Aldrich, 1926^{[10] [2]}
• Lixophaga pacata (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga parva Townsend, 1908^[2]
• Lixophaga plumbea Aldrich, 1925^[2]
• Lixophaga plumosula (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga pollinosa (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga proletaria (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga punctata (Townsend, 1927)
• Lixophaga puscolulo Carrejo & Woodley, 2013^[12]
• Lixophaga remissa (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga remora Reinhard, 1953
• Lixophaga retiniae (Coquillett, 1897)^[2]
• Lixophaga santacruzi (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga scintilla Reinhard, 1953
• Lixophaga similis (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga similis (Thompson, 1968)
• Lixophaga simplex (Walker, 1858)
• Lixophaga solitaria (Curran, 1926)^[9]
• Lixophaga sphenophori (Villeneuve, 1911)
• Lixophaga stenomae Curran, 1935^[13]
• Lixophaga subtilis (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga tenuis (Blanchard, 1959)^[6]
• Lixophaga thompsoniana Nihei & Dios, 2016^[11] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Thompson, 1968))
• Lixophaga thoracica (Curran, 1930)^[2]
• Lixophaga townsendi Guimarães, 1971
• Lixophaga townsendiana Nihei & Dios, 2016^[11] (new name for Lixophaga fumipennis (Townsend, 1928))
• Lixophaga trichosoma (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga triconis (Reinhard, 1955)^[2]
• Lixophaga umbrina (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga umbripennis (Wulp, 1890)
• Lixophaga unicolor (Smith, 1917)^[2]
• Lixophaga usta (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
• Lixophaga variabilis (Coquillett, 1895)^[2]
• Lixophaga villeneuvei (Baranov, 1934)

Notes and References

1. O'Hara . James E. . Shima . Hiroshi. Zhang . Chuntian. 2009. Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand . 2190. 1–236. 10.11646/zootaxa.2190.1.1. 10 March 2015. free.
2. Web site: Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico . James E. . O'Hara . Wood, D. Monty . 28 January 2004 . Biodiversidad de Nicaragua . Nicaragua . 1–42 .
3. 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.
4. Townsend. Charles H. T.. 1929. New species of humid tropical American Muccoidea. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 32 (1928). 1. 365–382.
5. Curran . C.H. . New Tachinidae in the Canadian National Collection (Diptera) . Canadian Entomologist . 1925 . 57 . 6 . 150–156. 10.4039/Ent57150-6 . 85817161 .
6. Mulieri. Pablo R.. Patitucci. Luciano D.. Bachmann. Axel O.. O’Hara. James E.. 2013. The type specimens of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires. Zootaxa. 3670. 2. 157–176. 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.2.3. 26438932. 11336/26654. free.
7. Curran . Charles Howard . Diptera collected by Prof. and Mrs. Cockerell in New Caledonia and Fiji Islands . American Museum Novitates . 1929 . 375 . 1–15 . 6 January 2021.
8. Y.. Shi. 1991. Notes on Spiniabdomina gen. nov. and a new species of Lixophaga Townsend of the tribe Blondelini [sic] (Diptera, Tachinidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia. 13. 127–132. zh.
9. Curran . C.H. . Appendix. New Diptera from Jamaica. Pp. 102–114. In: Gowdey, C.C., Catalogus insectorum jamaicensis. Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. . Entomological Bulletin . 1926 . 4 . (1–2) . 1–114.
10. J.M.. Aldrich. 1926. Descriptions of new and little known Diptera or two-winged flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 69. 2648. 1–26. 10.5479/si.00963801.69-2648.1. 10088/15654.
11. Silvio S.. Nihei. Rodrigo de V.P.. Dios. 2016. Nomenclatural acts for some Neotropical Tachinidae (Diptera). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 56. 16. 177–181. 10.11606/0031-1049.2016.56.16. free.
12. Carrejo. N. . Diaz. A.E.. Woodley. N.E.. A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, a parasitoid of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). . Zootaxa . 2013 . 3737 . 68–76 . 20 March 2015. Magnolia Press. New Zealand. 1175-5334. 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.5. 25112737.
13. Curran . C.H. . New American Diptera . American Museum Novitates . 1935 . 812 . 1–24 . 20 April 2022.