Jump to content

Madremyia saundersii

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Madremyia saundersii
Madremyia saundersii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Eryciini
Genus: Madremyia
Species:
M. saundersii
Binomial name
Madremyia saundersii
(Williston, 1889)[1]
Synonyms

Madremyia saundersii is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae.[3][4] It is a parasitoid of late-instar Choristoneura species, emerging from the sixth instar or pupal stage of its host.[5]

Distribution

[edit]

Canada, United States, Mexico.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Williston, S.W. (1889). The dipterous parasites of North American butterflies. Pp. 1912–1924 + pl. 89. In: Scudder, S.H., ed., The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England. Vol. 3. Published by author, Cambridge. pp. 1775–1958 + pl. 89.
  2. ^ Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "New genera and species of muscoid flies" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 51 (2152): 299–323. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2152.299.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ O’Hara, James E. (12 April 2005). "A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia". Zootaxa. 938 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.938.1.1.