FAMILY TACHINIDAE Author Nihei, Silvio S. text Zootaxa 2016 4122 1 904 949 journal article 38808 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.76 1c8aa26a-80c7-4c40-ba4d-43a551e10a89 1175-5326 257369 2F774F3C-B2B2-46E6-8551-AE27819987E3 Genus Scotiptera Macquart Scotiptera Macquart, 1835: 215 . Type species, Dexia melaleuca Wiedemann (subs. des. Macquart, 1844: 240 ) (= venatoria (Fabricius) . Refs.: Curran, 1934a: 492 (key to Guyanan tachinids); Townsend, 1936a: 137 (in key to Prosenini genera); Townsend, 1938b: 376 ; Guimarães, 1971a: 34 (cat.); Wood & Zumbado, 2010: 1383 (key to Central American genera of Tachinidae ).