Muscopteryx Explained

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

Species

• Muscopteryx chaetosula Townsend, 1892
• Muscopteryx costalis (Coquillett, 1897)^[2]
• Muscopteryx evexa (Reinhard, 1964)
• Muscopteryx hiemalis Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx hilaris Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx hinei Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx longiseta Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx nitida Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx parilis Reinhard, 1944^[3]
• Muscopteryx petentis Reinhard, 1958^[4]

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 . 11 February 2024 . 5 March 2020.
2. Coquillett. D.W.. Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects. Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture. 1897. 7. 156 . 28 March 2022.
3. Reinhard . H.J. . New North American Tachinidae belonging to the genus Muscopteryx (Diptera) . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 1944 . 37 . 3 . 352–358. 10.1093/aesa/37.3.352 .
4. Reinhard . H.J. . North American Tachinidae (Diptera) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1958 . 31 . 277–284.