Adejeania vexatrix
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| Adejeania vexatrix (Osten Sacken, 1877) |
Adejeania vexatrix is a strikingly red tachinid fly from western North America, where it can be found from Mexico[1] up to Wyoming and British Columbia. Although it is the only species of its genus in North America, there are four Adejeania species in Mexico.
[edit] Similar species
A similar looking tachinid fly, Hystricia abrupta, is found in the eastern United States, and does not have elongated mouth parts.[2]
Paradejeania rutilioides also looks similar.[3]
[edit] Further reading
- Arnaud, P.H. (1951). Notes on the range extension of Adejeania vexatrix (Diptera: Tachinidae or Larvaevoridae) into Wyoming and British Columbia. Entomological News, 62(6):192.
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