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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-05
Page range: 279–286
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The misplaced genus Trischidocera Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae)

Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brasil.
Germariini Ormiini revision Siphonini systematics taxonomy

Abstract

Trischidocera Villeneuve, 1915 includes two species, T. sauteri Villeneuve, 1915 (Taiwan and Malaysia) and T. yunnanensis Chao & Zhou, 1987 (China). The systematic placement of Trischidocera has been controversial. It was originally placed within the “Thryptoceratidae” (= “Actiidae”), then moved to Germariini, then considered an unplaced Tachinidae, and more recently placed in Ormiini. Here, the genus is revised, the type-species is redescribed and illustrated, and its systematic placement is discussed. The genus is removed from Ormiini and considered incertae sedis.

 

How to Cite

Nihei, S.S. (2015)

The misplaced genus Trischidocera Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae)

. Zootaxa, 3926 (2), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.8