Microchaetina Explained

Microchaetina is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[1]

Species

• Microchaetina arida (Townsend, 1911)
• Microchaetina cinerea Wulp, 1891^[2]
• Microchaetina mexicana (Townsend, 1892)^[3]
• Microchaetina petiolata (Townsend, 1919)
• Microchaetina rubidiapex (Reinhard, 1942)^[4]
• Microchaetina sinuata (Townsend, 1919)
• Microchaetina subnitens (Reinhard, 1942)^[4]
• Microchaetina teleta Reinhard, 1962^[5]
• Microchaetina valida (Townsend, 1892)^[3]

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 . 18 December 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part] . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1891 . 2 . 225–248.
3. Townsend . C.H.T. . Notes on North American Tachinidae, with descriptions of new genera and species.--Paper VI. . The Canadian Entomologist . 1892 . 24 . 165–172 . 6 March 2022.
4. Reinhard . H.J. . New North American Tachinidae belonging to the genera Microchaetina and Hypenomyia with key to the known species (Diptera) . Canadian Entomologist . 1942 . 74 . 88–91.
5. Reinhard . H.J. . New North American Tachinidae (Diptera) . The Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 1962 . 38 . 215–224.