Zelia Explained

Zelia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species in this genus occur exclusively in the Americas. ^[1]

Species

• Zelia argentosa (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia discalis (Townsend, 1919)
• Zelia formosa Dios & Santis, 2019
• Zelia formosa Dios & Santis, 2019^[3]
• Zelia gracilis (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia guimaraesi Dios & Santis, 2019^[3]
• Zelia guimaraesi Dios & Santis, 2019^[3]
• Zelia limbata (Wiedemann, 1830)^[4]
• Zelia magna Dios & Santis, 2019^[3]
• Zelia magna Dios & Santis, 2019^[3]
• Zelia metalis (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia mira (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia montana (Townsend, 1919)
• Zelia nitens (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia peruviana (Brèthes, 1920)
• Zelia picta (Bigot, 1889)^[5]
• Zelia plumosa (Wiedemann, 1830)^[4]
• Zelia potens (Wiedemann, 1830)^[4]
• Zelia ruficauda (Reinhard, 1946)^[2]
• Zelia rufina (Bigot, 1885)^[6]
• Zelia semirufa (Wulp, 1891)^[7]
• Zelia spectabilis (Wulp, 1891)^[8]
• Zelia tricolor (Coquillett, 1899)
• Zelia vertebrata (Say, 1829)^{[9] [10]}
• Zelia wildermuthii Walton, 1914^[11]
• Zelia zonata (Coquillett, 1895)^[12]

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 . 7 January 2024 . 5 March 2020.
2. Reinhard . H.J. . The genus Minthozelia in the United States, (Diptera, Tachinidae) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1946 . 19 . 52–59.
3. Dios . R.V.P. . Santis . M.D. de . A new synonym for Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae), the genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919, with the description of three new species . ZooKeys . 2019 . 880 . 113–133 . 10.3897/zookeys.880.35482 . free . 31649485 . 6803352 . 2019ZooK..880..113D . 7 January 2024.
4. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
5. Bigot . J. M. F. . 1889 . Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 34e partie, XLII: Diagnoses de nouvelles especes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 8 . 6 . 253–270 .
6. Bigot . J.M.F. . [Diagnoses de deux genres nouveaux de Diptères du groupe des Dexiaires]. . Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France . 1885 . 1885 . 3 . xxv-xxvi.
7. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part] ]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1891 . 2 . 249–264 . 5 August 2023.
8. Wulp . F.M. van der . Fam. Muscidae [part] . Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera . 1891 . 2 . 225–248.
9. Say . T. . Descriptions of North American dipterous insects . Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 1829 . 6 . 149–178. 30 December 2022.
10. Say . T. . Descriptions of North American dipterous insects . Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 1830 . 6 . 183–188. 30 December 2022.
11. Walton . W.R. . Report on some parasitic and predaceous Diptera from northeastern New Mexico . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1914 . 48 . 2070 . 171-186, 2 pls . 10.5479/si.00963801.48-2070.171 . 12 August 2023.
12. Coquillett . D.W. . With descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 307-319. In Johnson, C.W., Diptera of Florida . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. . 1895 . 1895 . 303–340.