Scotiptera

Scotiptera is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There are at least four described species in Scotiptera.[2][3]

Scotiptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Scotiptera
Macquart, 1835
Type species
Sophia pellucida[1]
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Species

These four species belong to the genus Scotiptera:

  • Scotiptera gagatea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
  • Scotiptera robusta Curran, 1925
  • Scotiptera varipennis Wulp, 1891
  • Scotiptera venatoria (Fabricius, 1805)

References

  1. Evenhuis, Neal L. (2010). "Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana". Zootaxa. 2653 (1): 46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2653.1.2.
  2. "Scotiptera". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. O'Hara, James E. "Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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