Rutilia

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Rutilia
Rutilia vivipara (?)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Dexiinae
Tribe: Rutiliini
Genus: Rutilia
Type species
Rutilia vivipara (Fabricius, 1805)
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Rutilia is a large genus of medium to large (>20mm) flies in the family Tachinidae native to Australia and the Oriental region.[1][2] Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, Rutilia species are parasitoids of other insects, specifically Rutilia are known to be parasitoids of late instar larvae of Scarabaeidae.

Subgenera and species[2]

Rutilia is a large genus comprising seven subgenera, listed below:
Rutilia (Ameniamima) (Crosskey, 1973)

  • Rutilia argentinifera (Bigot, 1874) (Type)
  • Rutilia cingulata (Malloch, 1930)
  • Rutilia argentinifera (Malloch, 1930)

Rutilia (Chrysorutilia) (Townsend, 1915)

  • Rutilia caeruleata (Enderlein, 1936)
  • Rutilia caesia (Enderlein, 1930)
  • Rutilia chersipho (Walker, 1849)
  • Rutilia corona (Curran, 1930)
  • Rutilia cryptica (Crosskey, 1973)
  • Rutilia decora (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  • Rutilia formosa (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Type)
  • Rutilia goerlingiana (Enderlein, 1936)
  • Rutilia idesa (Walker, 1849)
  • Rutilia imperialis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  • Rutilia imperialoides (Crosskey, 1973)
  • Rutilia panthea (Walker, 1874)
  • Rutilia rubriceps (Macquart, 1847)
  • Rutilia splendida (Donovan, 1805)
  • Rutilia transversa (Malloch, 1936)

Rutilia (Donovanius) (Enderlein, 1936)

  • Rutilia agalmiodes (Enderlein, 1936)
  • Rutilia analoga (Macquart, 1851)
  • Rutilia bisetosa (Malloch, 1936)
  • Rutilia ethoda (Enderlein, 1849)
  • Rutilia inusta (Wiedemann, 1830)
  • Rutilia lepida (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  • Rutilia pellucens (Macquart, 1846)
  • Rutilia regalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) (Type)
  • Rutilia retusa (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Rutilia sabrata (Walker, 1849)
  • Rutilia spinolae (Rodani, 1864)
  • Rutilia viridinigra (Macquart, 1846)

Rutilia (Grapholostylum) (Macqart, 1851)

  • Rutilia albovirida (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia dorsomaculata (Macquart, 1851) (Type)
  • Rutilia micans (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia subtustomentosa (Macquart, 1851)

Rutilia (Microrutilia) (Townsend, 1915)

  • Rutilia cupreiventris (Malloch, 1936)
  • Rutilia fulviventris (Bigot, 1874)
  • Rutilia hirticeps (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia liris (Walker, 1849)
  • Rutilia media (Macquart, 1846)
  • Rutilia minor (Macquart, 1846) (Type)
  • Rutilia nigriceps (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia nigripes (Enderlein, 1936)

Rutilia (Neorutilia) (Malloch, 1936)

  • Rutilia simplex (Malloch, 1936) (Type)

Rutilia (Rutilia) (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

  • Rutilia confusa (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia dentata (Crosskey 1973, 1874)
  • Rutilia setosa (Malloch, 1929)
  • Rutilia vivipara (Fabricius, 1805) (Type)

References

  1. ↑ O'Hara, J.E. 2011. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 6.0. PDF document, 75 pp. Available from: http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver6.pdf (accessed [8-JAN-2012]).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crosskey RW (1973) A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Supp. 21, London.


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