Zabrachia Explained

Zabrachia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.^{[1] [2]} Adults can be distinguished from other Pachygastrinae by the fused R₄ and R₅ wing veins.^[3] Females have been collected during oviposition into pine wood, and larvae are known to live under the bark of coniferous trees, including lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas fir.

Species

• Zabrachia albipilum Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia annulifemur Brunetti, 1920^[5]
• Zabrachia barbata James, 1980^[6]
• Zabrachia beameri Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia hebicornutum Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia knowltoni Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia latigena James, 1980^[6]
• Zabrachia lopha Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia madagascariensis Lindner, 1959^[7]
• Zabrachia magnicornis Cresson, 1919^[8]
• Zabrachia mexicana James, 1980^[6]
• Zabrachia minutissima (Zetterstedt, 1838)^[9]
• Zabrachia occidentalis Rozkošný & Báez, 1983^[10]
• Zabrachia parvum Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia plicatum Kraft & Cook, 1961^[4]
• Zabrachia polita Coquillett, 1901
• Zabrachia pusilla James, 1980^[6]
• Zabrachia stoichoides James, 1965^[11]
• Zabrachia tenella (Jaennicke, 1866)^[12]
• Zabrachia yuccae James, 1965^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs, A. . Drake, M. . amp . 2001 . British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. 512 pp. British Entomological & Natural History Society . 1-899935-04-5.
2. Woodley . N.E. . A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) . Myia . 2001 . 11 . 1–462. 7 December 2022.
3. Sherin. Lindley M.. 2020. Soldier flies of the subfamily Pachygastrinae of Canada (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 42. 10.3752/cjai.2020.42. free.
4. Kraft . K.J. . Cook . E.F. . A revision of the Pachygasterinae (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) of America north of Mexico . Misc. Publ. Ent. Soc. Am. . 1961 . 3 . 1–24.
5. Book: Brunetti . E. . Diptera. Brachycera. In: [Shipley, A.E., ed.], Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. 1 . 1920 . Taylor & Francis . London . ix + 401 pp., 4 pls.
6. James . M.T. . McFadden . M.W. . Woodley . N.E. . The Pachygastrinae (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) of Middle America . Melanderia . 1980 . 34 . ii + 36.
7. Lindner . E. . Stratiomyiidae de Madgascar (Diptera) . Naturaliste Malgache . 1959 . 10 (1958) . 87–91.
8. Cresson . E. T. Jr. . Dipterological notes and descriptions . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 1919 . 71 . 171–194 . 25 September 2022.
9. Book: Zetterstedt . J.W. . Sectio tertia. Diptera. Dipterologis Scandinaviae, pp. 477-868. In his: Insecta Lapponica. . 1838 . Lipsiae [= Leipzig] . vi + 1,140 pp.
10. Rozkošný . R. . Báez . M. . The Stratiomyidae of the Canary Islands, including a descrip- tion of a new species of Zabrachia Coquillet (Diptera) . Vieraea . 1983 . 12 . 1–2 . 75–94.
11. James . M. T. . Contributions to our knowledge of the Nearctic Pachygasterinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 1965 . 58 . 8 . 902–908. 10.1093/aesa/58.6.902 . free .
12. Jaennicke. Johann F.. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der europaischen Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1866. 10. 1–3. 217–237. 15 June 2017.