Gymnosoma

Gymnosoma

Gymnosoma nudifrons male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Phasiinae
Tribe:	Phasiini
Genus:	Gymnosoma Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca rotundata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms^[1]
Rhodogyne Meigen, 1800 Stylogymnomyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891

Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[2]

The name "Gymnosoma" literally translates as "naked body",^[3] and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the genus are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.

Species

G. acrosterni Kugler, 1971^[2]
G. amplifrons (Brooks, 1946)^[1]
G. brachypeltae Dupuis, 1961^[2]
G. canadense (Brooks, 1946)^[1]
G. carpocoridis Dupuis, 1961^[2]
G. clavatum (Rohdendorf, 1947)^[2]
G. costatum (Panzer, 1800)^[2]
G. desertorum (Rohdendorf, 1947)^[2]
G. dolycoridis Dupuis, 1961^[2]
G. filiola Loew, 1872^[1]
G. fuliginosum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
G. hamiense Dupuis, 1966^[4]
G. indicum Walker, 1853^[4]
G. inornatum Zimin, 1966^[2]
G. nitens Meigen, 1824^[2]^[5]
G. nudifrons Herting, 1966^[2]
G. occidentale Curran, 1927^[1]
G. par Walker, 1849^[1]
G. philippinense (Townsend, 1928)
G. rotundatum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]^[5]
G. rungsi (Mesnil, 1952)^[2]
G. siculum Dupuis & Genduso, 1981^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42. http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/OHara2004Tachinidae.pdf.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Fauna Europaea version 2.4". European Commission. last update 27 January 2011. http://www.faunaeur.org/. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
^ Jaeger, Edmund C. (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 0-398-06179-3.
^ ^a ^b Mitra, Bulganin; Sharma, R.M.. "Checklist Of Indian Tachinid Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Jabalpur. pp. 1–18. http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Indian%20Tachinid%20flies.pdf.
^ ^a ^b Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.