Adejeania

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Adejeania
A. vexatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Dejeaniini
Genus: Adejeania
Diversity
36 species
Type species
Dejeania armata
Wiedemann, 1830
Species

See text.

Adejeania is a genus of tachinid flies from the Americas. While most species are found in South America, A. vexatrix occurs from Mexico up to British Columbia.

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[edit] Name

The genus name is an alteration of Dejeania, meaning "not Dejeania". Other tachinid genera from the same root are Eudejeania, Paradejeania and Protodejeania.

[edit] Species

This is a list of species according to Zipcode Zoo, with additional information from The Diptera Site.

  • Adejeania analis (Macquart, 1843) (Colombia)
  • Adejeania andina (Townsend, 1912) (Peru)
  • Adejeania anduzei Curran, 1947 (Venezuela)
  • Adejeania armata (Wiedemann, 1830) (Cuba)
  • Adejeania aurea (Giglio-Tos, 1893) (Mexico)
  • Adejeania bicaudata Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania biornata Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania brasiliensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Brazil)
  • Adejeania brevihirta Curran, 1947 (Venezuela)
  • Adejeania brevirostris Curran, 1947 (Mexico)
  • Adejeania browni Curran, 1947 (Ecuador, Colombia)
  • Adejeania conclusa Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania corpulenta (Wiedemann, 1830) (Mexico)
  • Adejeania grandis Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania honesta (Rondani, 1851) (Ecuador)
  • Adejeania lopesi Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania magalhaesi Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania marginalis Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania nigrothoracica (Vimmer & Soukup, 1940) (Peru)
  • Adejeania palpalis Curran, 1947 (Panama)
  • Adejeania pellucens Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania rufipalpis (Macquart, 1843) (Mexico)
  • Adejeania sabroskyi Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania saetigera Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania santipauli Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania spiniventris Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania spinosa Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania thompsoni Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania townsendi Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania tridens Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania uniformis Curran, 1947 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania verrugana (Townsend, 1914) (Peru)
  • Adejeania vexatrix (Osten Sacken, 1877) (North America)
  • Adejeania wygodzinskyi Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania xanthopilosa Guimaraes, 1966 (Brazil)
  • Adejeania ypsilon Curran, 1947 (Brazil)

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm.
  • Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1830). Essai sur les myodaires. Mem. Pres. Div. Sav. Acad. Sci. Inst. Fr. 2(2).
  • Rondani, C. (1851). Dipterorum species aliquae in America aequatoriali collectae a Cajetano Osculati, observatae et distinctae novis breviter descriptis. Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (3) 2:357-372


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