Periscepsia Explained

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

Species

Subgenus Periscepsia Gistel, 1848

• Periscepsia abbreviata (Mesnil, 1950)^[2]
• Periscepsia amicula (Mesnil, 1950)^[2]
• Periscepsia carbonaria (Panzer, 1798)
• Periscepsia handlirschi (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1891)^[3]
• Periscepsia lindneri (Mesnil, 1959)
• Periscepsia meyeri (Villeneuve, 1930)
• Periscepsia misella (Villeneuve, 1937)
• Periscepsia nudinerva (Mesnil, 1950)^[2]
• Periscepsia umbrinervis (Villeneuve, 1937)

Subgenus Petinarctia Villeneuve, 1928

• Periscepsia stylata (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1891)^[3]

Subgenus Ramonda Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863^[4]

• Periscepsia barbata Mesnil, 1963
• Periscepsia cinerosa (Coquillett, 1902)
• Periscepsia clesides (Walker, 1849)^[5]
• Periscepsia cleui (Herting, 1980)
• Periscepsia delphinensis (Villeneuve, 1922)
• Periscepsia helymus (Walker, 1849)^[5]
• Periscepsia jugorum (Villeneuve, 1928)
• Periscepsia labradorensis (Brooks, 1945)
• Periscepsia laevigata (Wulp, 1890)^[6]
• Periscepsia latifrons (Zetterstedt, 1844)
• Periscepsia plorans (Rondani, 1861)
• Periscepsia polita (Brooks, 1945)
• Periscepsia prunaria (Rondani, 1861)
• Periscepsia prunicia (Herting, 1969)
• Periscepsia ringdahl (Villeneuve, 1922)
• Periscepsia rohweri (Townsend, 1915)
• Periscepsia spathulata (Fallén, 1820)
• Periscepsia zarema Richter, 1976

Unplaced to subgenus

• Periscepsia canina (Mesnil, 1950)^[2]
• Periscepsia caviceps (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia decolor (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia fratella (Villeneuve, 1938)
• Periscepsia glossinicornis (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia gravicornis (Loew, 1847)
• Periscepsia guttipennis (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia kirbyiformis (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia natalica (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia nigra (Bigot, 1857)
• Periscepsia pallidipennis (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia philippina (Townsend, 1928)
• Periscepsia propleuralis (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia rufitibia (Villeneuve, 1938)
• Periscepsia salti (Emden, 1960)
• Periscepsia turkmenica Richter, 1991
• Periscepsia vidua (Mesnil, 1950)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Shannon . J. Henderson . D. Monty . Wood . World Checklist of the Tachinidae . Tachinidae Resources . 28 February 2022 . 5 March 2020.
2. Mesnil . L.P. . Premiere note preliminaire sur les Tachinidae du Parc Albert . Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique . 1950 . 26 . 3 . 1–6.
3. Brauer. F.. Bergenstamm. J. E. von . 1891 . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. V. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae) . F. Tempsky, Wien. 142.
4. Book: Robineau-Desvoidy, Jean-Baptiste . 1863 . Histoire naturelle des dipteres des environs de Paris. . Masson et Fils, Paris.. Tome second. 1–920 . 15 February 2015.
5. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum . 1849 . IV . 3] + 689–1172 + [2] . British Museum (Natural History) . London. 27 January 2021.
6. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part]. . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1890 . 2 . 89–112.