Phorocerosoma Explained

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

Species

• Phorocerosoma aberrans Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma albifacies Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma aurea Sun & Chao, 1994^[3]
• Phorocerosoma caparti Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma cilipes (Macquart, 1847)^[4]
• Phorocerosoma echinum Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma elegans Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma forcipatum Verbeke, 1962^[2]
• Phorocerosoma pilipes (Villeneuve, 1916)^[5]
• Phorocerosoma postulans (Walker, 1861)^[6]
• Phorocerosoma vicarium (Walker, 1856)^[7]

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 . 21 August 2023 . 5 March 2020.
2. Verbeke . J. . Contribution a l'étude des Tachinidae africains (Diptera) . Exploration Hydrobiologique des Lacs Kivu, Édouard et Albert (1952–1954). Résultats scientifiques . 1962 . 3 . 4 . 77–187 + 25 pls.
3. Sun . X.-k. . Chao . C.-m. . Study on the Chinese species of Phorocerosoma Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) . Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica . 1994 . 19 . 119–121 . Chinese.
4. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 2.e supplement . 1847 . Roret . Paris . 104 pp, 6 pls.
5. Villeneuve . Joseph Th. . A contribution to the study of the South African higher Myodarii (Diptera Calyptratae) based mostly on the material in the South African Museum . Annals of the South African Museum . 1916 . 15 . 469–515 . 6 December 2020.
6. Walker . F. . Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species . Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology . 1861 . 5 . 19 . 229–254 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1861.tb02102.x . 27 January 2021. free .
7. Book: Walker . F. . Insecta Britannica, Diptera . 3 . 1856 . L. Reeve . London . xxiv + 352 pp., pls. 21–30.