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<taxonomicName authority="Townsend, 1927" authorityName="Townsend" authorityYear="1927" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella Townsend, 1927</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927a: 278. Type-species:
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Townsend, 1927, by original designation.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Olindopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Olindopsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Olindopsis</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927a: 274. Type-species:
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Townsend, 1927, by original designation. Synonymy proposed by Wood (1985).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Pygophorinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pygophorinia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pygophorinia</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927a: 274. Type-species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Pygophorinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pygophorinia peruviana" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peruviana">Pygophorinia peruviana</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927, by original designation. Synonymy proposed by Wood (1985).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Prodexodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prodexodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prodexodes</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927a: 280. Type-species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Prodexodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prodexodes rufiventris" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufiventris">Prodexodes rufiventris</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927, by original designation. Synonymy proposed by Wood (1985).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella geminata" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geminata">Calolydella geminata</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">Description</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella</taxonomicName>
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belongs to the tribe
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.
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<bibRefCitation author="Wood, D. M." journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" pagination="1 - 130" title="A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)" volume="117" year="1985">Wood (1985)</bibRefCitation>
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defined the tribe by thethe following combination of character states: prosternum setose; first postsutural supra-alar seta smaller than first postsutural dorsocentral seta; bend of vein M rounded, obtuse; subapical scutellar setae long, stout, and divergent, their bases situated close together; wing veins R4+5 and M ending at or near wing tip; often elongate and narrow body plan; mid-dorsal depression of syntergite 1+2 (ST1+2) rarely reaching hind margin of syntergite; mid tibia, in many genera, with a single long anterodorsal seta.
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The following redescription applies to both males and females of
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; any differences between the sexes are noted. Head: males lacking proclinate orbital setae, females with 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae; first reclinate orbital seta either equal to or longer than uppermost frontal seta; ocellar setae long; eye bare, if haired then hairs minute and inconspicuous; parafacial bare; facial margin level with vibrissa and not visible in profile, with a few small supra-vibrissal setae; subvibrissal ridge short, with three or fewer setae; margin of postgena straight or slightly convex anteriorly, genal dilation weak or absent; palps normally slender and yellow, some species with black or inflated palps; postpedicel of similar length in both sexes; arista minutely pubescent, slightly thickened at base. Thorax: prosternum setose; proepisternum bare; postpronotum with 2-4 setae in a narrow triangle or a straight line (rarely inner basal seta absent); acrostichal setae 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3:3–">-3:3-</normalizedToken>
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4; dorsocentral setae 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3:2–">-3:2-</normalizedToken>
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3; intra-alar setae 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3:2–">-3:2-</normalizedToken>
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3; supra-alar setae 1-2:3; katepisternal setae 2-3 [
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described the genus as having three katepisternal setae; however, we show that this trait can vary in females]; lateral scutellar setae shorter than subapical setae and curved medially; fore tibia with one posterior seta; mid tibia with one anterodorsal seta; wings ranging from smoky gray to pale translucent brown; wing vein R4+5 with 2-7 setulae dorsally at base, these sometimes extending to crossvein R-M. Abdomen: ST1+2 with one pair of median marginal setae, mid-dorsal depression not extending to hind margin of syntergite; 3rd and 4th abdominal tergites with 1-2 pairs of discal setae. Abdominal tergites marginally banded with gold pollinosity; in some species banding interrupted by a dark median stripe; male abdomen elongated, conical, tapering to a sharp point; in females, abdomen rounded and downwardly curved; in some species the coloration and pattern of pollinosity are sexually dimorphic.
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Other species included in
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Townsend
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<taxonomicName lsidName="andinensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="andinensis">andinensis</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927: 339 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Olindopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Olindopsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Olindopsis</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype female (USNM), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Peru, Cordillera Oriental, near Tabalosas, 3000ft.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="blandita" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="blandita">blandita</taxonomicName>
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Wulp, 1890: 142 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hypostena" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypostena" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hypostena</taxonomicName>
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). Lectotype male (NHMUK), by fixation of Wood (1985:28). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, 7000ft.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="cingulata" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="cingulata">cingulata</taxonomicName>
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Schiner, 1868: 327 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Meigenia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meigenia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Meigenia</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (NMW), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Brazil.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="cylindriventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="cylindriventris">cylindriventris</taxonomicName>
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Wulp, 1890: 145 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hypostena" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypostena" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hypostena</taxonomicName>
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). Lectotype male (NHMUK), by fixation of Wood (1985:28). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, 7000ft.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="geminata" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="geminata">geminata</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927: 293 (
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). Multiple syntypes (USNM) [1 female and several males examined by DMW]. Type locality: Brazil,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo, Itaquaquecetuba.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="gentica" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="gentica">gentica</taxonomicName>
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Walker, 1860: 302 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Masicera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Masicera" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Masicera</taxonomicName>
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). Lectotype male (NHMUK), by fixation of Wood (1985:28) (examination of "Holotype: ♂" from Mexico in NHMUK is regarded as a lectotype fixation [JE O'Hara, pers. comm.]) [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Mexico.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="lathami" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="lathami">lathami</taxonomicName>
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Curran, 1925: 284 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Lydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lydella</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (CNC), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Greenpoint.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="leucophaea" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="leucophaea">leucophaea</taxonomicName>
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Wulp, 1890: 141 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hypostena" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypostena" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hypostena</taxonomicName>
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). Lectotype female (NHMUK), by fixation of Wood (1985:28). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, 9500ft.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="peruviana" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="peruviana">peruviana</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927: 355 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Pygophorinia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pygophorinia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pygophorinia</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype female (USNM), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Peru, [Puno], Casahuiri.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="frugale" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="frugale">frugale</taxonomicName>
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Curran, 1934: 511 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Lydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lydella</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype female (AMNH), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Guyana, Bartica, Kartabo. Syn n., comb. n.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="rufiventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="rufiventris">rufiventris</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927: 350 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Prodexodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prodexodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prodexodes</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (USNM), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Itaquaquecetuba.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="summatis" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="summatis">summatis</taxonomicName>
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Reinhard, 1974: 1158 (
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). Holotype male (CNC), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Mexico, Durango, 14 miles southwest of El Salto, 8000ft.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="triangulifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="triangulifera">triangulifera</taxonomicName>
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Bigot, 1889: 268 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Calliphoridae" genus="Homodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Homodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Homodexia</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (NHMUK), by monotypy [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Mexico.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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pictigaster Bigot, 1889: 261 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Ceromasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceromasia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Ceromasia</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype female (NHMUK), by monotypy [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Mexico (NHUMK).
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<taxonomicName lsidName="trifasciata" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="species" species="trifasciata">trifasciata</taxonomicName>
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Walker, 1837: 350 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Tachina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tachina" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tachina</taxonomicName>
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). Lectotype female (NHMUK), by fixation of Wood (1985:29) (examination of "Holotype: ♀" from South America in NHMUK is regarded as a lectotype fixation [JE O'Hara, pers. comm.]) [examined by DMW]. Type locality: South America, precise locality uncertain (
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<bibRefCitation author="Austen, Ernest E." journalOrPublisher="The annals and magazine of natural history including zoology, botany and geology" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" pagination=": 326" title="The synonymy and generic position of certain species of Muscidae (sens. lat.) in the collection of the British Museum, described by the late Francis Walker" volume="XIX" year="1907">Austen 1907</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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quadrivittata Bigot, 1889: 261 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Ceromasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceromasia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Ceromasia</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (NHMUK) [published as female], by monotypy [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Mexico.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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quadristriata Wulp, 1890: 146 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hypostena" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypostena" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hypostena</taxonomicName>
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). Holotype male (NHMUK), by original designation [examined by DMW]. Type locality: Costa Rica,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Volcán">Volcan</normalizedToken>
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de Irazu, 6000ft.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella</taxonomicName>
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are slender-bodied flies characterized by an abdomen longer than it is wide, with bold abdominal markings of yellow-gold pollinose stripes on a black background. According to
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<bibRefCitation author="Wood, D. M." journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" pagination="1 - 130" title="A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)" volume="117" year="1985">Wood (1985)</bibRefCitation>
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, they lack distinctive chaetotactic characters and are difficult to characterize to genus except by their general appearance.
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<bibRefCitation author="Wood, D. M." journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" pagination="1 - 130" title="A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae)" volume="117" year="1985">Wood (1985)</bibRefCitation>
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suggested the presence of only two pairs of presutural acrostichal setae as a diagnostic character; however, our current examination of this trait suggests that it varies among species, as does the rest of the thoracic chaetotaxy. Sternite 5 with only short hair-like setae, all more or less equal in size. Sternites 6 and 7 of female larger and more heavily sclerotized.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">Distribution</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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Essentially a Neotropical genus save for one species,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella lathami" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lathami">Calolydella lathami</taxonomicName>
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, which is present in the eastern USA and adjacent Canada.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">Ecology</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="11223">
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All species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Calolydella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calolydella" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Calolydella</taxonomicName>
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are parasitoids of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
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larvae in the families
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Crambidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Crambidae</taxonomicName>
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,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Erebidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Erebidae</taxonomicName>
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,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Geometridae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Geometridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Hesperiidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Hesperiidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Lycaenidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Lycaenidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Notodontidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Notodontidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Nymphalidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Nymphalidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Pieridae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Pieridae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Riodinidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Riodinidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Sphingidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="11223" rank="family">Sphingidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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</document> |