Megaprosopini Explained

Megaprosopini is a tribe of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1]

Genera

• Acronacantha Wulp, 1891^[2]
• Amesiomima Mesnil, 1950^[3]
• Ciala Richter, 1976^[4]
• Cyrtocladia Van Emden, 1947^[5]
• Dexiosoma Rondani, 1856^[6]
• Irengia Townsend, 1935^[7]
• Megaprosopus Macquart, 1844^[8]
• Melisoneura Rondani, 1861^[9]
• Microphthalma Macquart, 1844^[8]
• Montanothalma Barraclough, 1996^[10]
• Parhamaxia Mesnil, 1967^[11]
• Protrichoprosopis Blanchard, 1966^[12]
• Pyrrhodexia Townsend, 1931^[13]
• Richteriola Mesnil, 1963^[14]
• Stuardomyia Cortés, 1945^[15]
• Trichoceronia Cortés, 1945^[15]
• Trichoprosopus Macquart, 1844^[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 . 1 July 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part] . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1891 . 2 . 225–248.
3. Mesnil . L.P. . Premiere note preliminaire sur les Tachinidae du Parc Albert . Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique . 1950 . 26 . 3 . 1–6.
4. Richter . V.A. . Zoogeographical features of the fauna of tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae) of Mongolia . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie . 1976 . 55 . 319–331 . Russian.
5. Emden . F.I. van . Keys to the Ethiopian Tachinidae.—II. Dexiinae . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1947 . 116 . 3–4 . 627–674 + 3 pls. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1947.tb00141.x .
6. Book: Rondani . Camillo . Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. . 1856 . A. Stocchi. Parmae [= Parma]. . 226 + [2] pp.
7. Townsend . C.H.T. . New South American Oestroidea (Dipt.) . Revista de Entomologia . 1935 . 5 . 216–233.
8. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième.—3e partie. "1843" . 1844 . Roret . Paris . 304.
9. Book: Rondani, C. . 1861 . Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol. IV. Species Italicae. Pars tertia. Muscidae Tachininarum complementum.. A. Stocche, Parmae. IV . 174 pp .
10. Barraclough . D.A. . Montanothalma natalensis, a new high altitude genus and species of Microphthalmini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) from the Natal Drakensberg of South Africa . Annals of the Natal Museum . 1996 . 37 . 123–129 . 30 July 2023.
11. Mesnil . L.P. . Tachinaires palaearctiques inedits (Diptera) . Mushi . 1967 . 41 . 37–57.
12. Blanchard . E.E. . Dípteros parásitos de escarabaeoideos argentinos . Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. Serie 5. Patología Vegetal . 1966 . 3 . 175–229.
13. Townsend . C.H.T. . New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.] . Revista de Entomologia . 1931 . 1 . 313–354.
14. Mesnil . L.P. . Nouveaux tachinaires de la Region Palearctique principalement de l'URSS et du Japon . Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique . 1963 . 39 . 23 . 1–56 . 3 July 2023.
15. Cortés . R. . Nuevos generos de taquinidos chilenos aliados a Trichoprosopus Macquart (Dipt., Tachinidae) . Revista Chilena de Historia Natural . 1945 . 48 [1944] . 149–160.