Trichopoda Explained

Trichopoda is a genus of tachinid flies, commonly known as the feather-legged flies or hairy-legged flies. They are small, brightly coloured flies that congregate on flowers, feeding on nectar. The halteres are covered with yellow scales and there is a fringe of flattened hairs on the hind legs. The larvae are parasitoids of true bugs in the order Hemiptera, including stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae and leaf-footed bugs and squash bugs in the family Coreidae.^{[1] [2]} They are found in North and South America.^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908

• Trichopoda auricauda Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda castannea Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda curvicercus Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda dupuisi Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda elongata Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda eupilipes Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda flava Röder, 1885^[5]

• Trichopoda goliana Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda lanipes (Fabricius, 1805)^[6]

• Trichopoda nigricauda Bigot, 1876^[7]

• Trichopoda pennipes Fabricius, 1781

• Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot, 1876^[7]

• Trichopoda pilipes (Fabricius, 1805)^[6]

• Trichopoda splendida Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda subalipes Townsend, 1897^[8]

• Trichopoda tenebrosa Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda tschorsnigi Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

• Trichopoda umbra Walker, 1849^[9]

• Trichopoda urucurytuba Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]
• Subgenus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827

• Trichopoda alipes Wulp, 1892^[10]

• Trichopoda indivisa Townsend, 1897^[8]

• Trichopoda plumipes (Fabricius, 1805)^[6]

• Trichopoda squamipes Wulp, 1892^[10]

• Trichopoda subdivisa (Townsend, 1908)

• Trichopoda sabroskyi Dios & Nihei, 2020^[3]

External links

• Photographs of Trichopoda pennipes

Notes and References

1. http://bugguide.net/node/view/2798 BugGuide
2. Book: Arnaud Jr, Paul H. . A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera) . United States Department of Agriculture . 1978 . Washington, D.C. . 860 pp.
3. Dios . R.V.P. . Nihei . S.S. . Taxonomic revision of the genus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae), with emphasis on the Neotropical fauna . Zootaxa . 2020 . 4870 . 1 . zootaxa.4870.1.1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4870.1.1 . 33311339 . 3 September 2023.
4. 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.
5. Röder . V. von . Dipteren von der Insel Portorico . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . 1885 . 46 . 337–349.
6. Book: Fabricius . Johann Christian . Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species . 1805 . Apud Carolum Reichard . Bransvigae . i-xiv, 1–373. 5 June 2020.
7. Bigot . J.M.F. . Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 6e partie. VIII. Curie des Phasides (Phasidae, mihi). Genres Trichopoda (Macq.) et Bogosia (Rond.) . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1876 . 6 . 5 . 389–400 . 28 August 2023.
8. Townsend . C.H.T. . Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station.—No II. (continued). On a collection of Diptera from the lowlands of the Rio Nautla, in the state of Vera Cruz. II. [Concl.] . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1897 . 20 . 6 . 272–29. 10.1080/00222939708680625 .
9. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. 1849 . British Museum . London . [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. 20 October 2022.
10. Wulp . F.M. van der . Diagnoses of new Mexican Muscidae . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 1892 . 35 . 183–195 . 8 June 2023.