Zaira (fly) explained

Zaira is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} Larvae are parasitoids of adult beetles.^[4]

Species

• Zaira adscripta (Wulp, 1890)^[5]
• Zaira angustifrons (Reinhard, 1930)
• Zaira argentina (Townsend, 1931)
• Zaira arrisor (Reinhard, 1959)
• Zaira aurigera (Coquillett, 1895)
• Zaira calosomae (Townsend, 1916)
• Zaira cinerea (Fallén, 1810)
• Zaira duplaris (Reinhard, 1964)
• Zaira eleodivora (Walton, 1918)
• Zaira flavipes (Thompson, 1968)
• Zaira georgiae (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1891)^[6]
• Zaira grisea (Thompson, 1968)
• Zaira lateralis (Curran, 1925)
• Zaira leechi (Curran, 1932)
• Zaira medeola (Reinhard, 1961)
• Zaira mutabilis (Coquillett, 1904)
• Zaira neomexicana (Townsend, 1892)
• Zaira nocturnalis (Reinhard, 1930)
• Zaira nubecula (Wulp, 1890)^[5]
• Zaira robusta (Wulp, 1890)^[5]
• Zaira sordicolor (Townsend, 1891)
• Zaira sordida (Walker, 1853)^[7]
• Zaira sublucens (Wulp, 1890)^[5]

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico . James E. . O'Hara . Wood, D. Monty . 28 January 2004 . Biodiversidad de Nicaragua . Nicaragua . 1–42 .
3. James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.
4. Wood. D. M.. 1985. A Taxonomic Conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 117. S132. 3–130. 10.4039/entm117132fv.
5. Wulp. F. M. van der . 1890 . Family Muscidae . Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, Botany and Archaeology . 2 . 186–204 . 20 February 2015.
6. 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.
7. Book: Walker. Frances. Diptera. Part IV, pp. 253-474, pls. 7-8. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. 1853. Van Voorst. London. 1–474.