Triarthria setipennis explained

Triarthria setipennis is a species of tachinid fly which parasitizes other insects, including earwigs.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Distribution

Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom.^{[3] [4]}

It has been introduced from Europe in the 1920s to control Forficula auricularia (European earwig) and it is established in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Newfoundland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Dimick, R.E. and Mote, D.C. (1934) Progress report regarding the introduction in Oregon of Digonocheata setipennis, a tachinid parasite of the European earwig. Journal of Economic Entomology 27, 863–865.
2. Clausen, C.P. (1978) Dermaptera -- Forficulidae -- European Earwig. In: Clausen, C.P. (ed.) Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds: A World Review, Handbook No. 480, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, pp. 15–18.
3. Web site: Fauna Europaea version 2.4 . 26 September 2012 . European Commission . 26 September 2012 .
4. Book: Chandler, Peter J. . 1998 . Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera . . 12 . 1 . 1–234 . 0-901546-82-8 . . London .
5. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4ai . 170.
6. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I. . 1954. . Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10 . 4a . 133.
7. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 14 June 2023 . 5 March 2020.