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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.