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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="159709662" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:9CB827D1A2265895B69C78F765E7E59E" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9CB827D1A2265895B69C78F765E7E59E" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="117" pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName LSID="9CB827D1-A226-5895-B69C-78F765E7E59E" authority="Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830" authorityName="Robineau-Desvoidy" authorityYear="1830" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Zelia</taxonomicName>
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Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 314. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia rostrata" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rostrata">Zelia rostrata</taxonomicName>
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Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (=
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Dexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dexia vertebrata" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vertebrata">Dexia vertebrata</taxonomicName>
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Say, 1829), by subsequent designation of Coquillett, 1910: 621.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Leptoda" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptoda" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Leptoda</taxonomicName>
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van der Wulp, 1885: 196. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Dexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dexia gracilis" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">Dexia gracilis</taxonomicName>
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Wiedemann, 1830 (=
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Dexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dexia vertebrata" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vertebrata">Dexia vertebrata</taxonomicName>
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Say, 1829), by subsequent designation of van der Wulp, 1891: 250.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName class="Agaricomycetes" family="Tachinidae" genus="Melaleuca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melaleuca" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="genus">Melaleuca</taxonomicName>
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van der Wulp, 1891: 213. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Tachinidae" genus="Melaleuca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melaleuca spectabilis" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spectabilis">Melaleuca spectabilis</taxonomicName>
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van der Wulp, by subsequent monotypy of van der Wulp, 1891: 247.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Metadexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metadexia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Metadexia</taxonomicName>
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Coquillett, 1899: 220. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Metadexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metadexia tricolor" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricolor">Metadexia tricolor</taxonomicName>
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Coquillett, 1899, by monotypy.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Euzelia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Euzelia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Euzelia</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1915: 23. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia wildermuthii" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wildermuthii">Zelia wildermuthii</taxonomicName>
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Walton, 1914, by original designation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="116" pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Minthozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Minthozelia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Minthozelia</taxonomicName>
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="116" start="start">Townsend</pageBreakToken>
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, 1919: 556. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Minthozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Minthozelia montana" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montana">Minthozelia montana</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1919, by original designation.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Opsozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opsozelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Opsozelia</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1919: 557. Type species:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Opsozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opsozelia discalis" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discalis">Opsozelia discalis</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1919 (=
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Musca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Musca lateralis" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lateralis">Musca lateralis</taxonomicName>
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Fabricius, 1805), by original designation,
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="116" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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The genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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is a group with 19 valid species at present. This study began as a revision of the previously valid genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Opsozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opsozelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Opsozelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but later it was recognized as a synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia." order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Since the original intent of this study was not to revise
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, we were not able to examine all
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species. Therefore, we cannot provide a full description for the genus. Instead, we provide a small diagnosis for the genus, as well as some features for the
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="tribe" tribe="Dexiini">Dexiini</taxonomicName>
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, modifying what was stated by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1139/z63-029" author="Thompson, WR" journalOrPublisher="Canadian Journal of Zoology" pageId="19" pageNumber="132" pagination="335 - 576" refId="B19" refString="Thompson, WR, 1963. The Tachinids of Trinidad. II. Echinomyiines, Dexiines, and allies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 41: 335 - 576" title="The Tachinids of Trinidad. II. Echinomyiines, Dexiines, and allies." url="https://doi.org/10.1139/z63-029" volume="41" year="1963">Thompson (1963)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation pageId="3" pageNumber="116" refId="B10">Mesnil (1980)</bibRefCitation>
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. The species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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with at least two discal setae on abdominal tergites III and IV (i.e., members of the
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Z. discalis" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="species" species="discalis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Z. discalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species group), are then revised.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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shares with
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="tribe" tribe="Dexiini">Dexiini</taxonomicName>
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the following characters that, simultaneously, differs from other
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<taxonomicName family="Tachinidae" lsidName="" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="family">Tachinidae</taxonomicName>
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: compound eye bare (except for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Callotroxis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Callotroxis" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Callotroxis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Aldrich, 1929 and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Huascarodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Huascarodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Huascarodexia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1919). Front narrow and without orbital setae in male, broad and with one proclinate orbital seta in female. Lunula bare. Frontal setae, forwardly directed or crossed, anteriorly reaching external angle of lunula, or slightly in front of it, but never descending to parafacial (except in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Psecacera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Psecacera" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Psecacera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Bigot, 1880,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Morphodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morphodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Morphodexia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1931 and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Dasyuromyia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dasyuromyia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Dasyuromyia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Bigot, 1885). Facial carina absent. Antenna short, inserted at level or below half of compound eye height, thickened only at its base, often pubescent or plumose. Thorax with scutellum with decussate (rarely parallel) apical setae, normally without lateral setae. Abdominal sternites usually completely covered by ventrolateral margins of corresponding tergites.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from other
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="tribe" tribe="Dexiini">Dexiini</taxonomicName>
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genera by the following combination of characters: Head silver pruinose (golden pruinose in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Myiomima" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myiomima" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Myiomima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889). Pedicel with one long seta and various setulae on its surface (in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Neozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neozelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Neozelia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Guimarães">Guimaraes</normalizedToken>
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, 1975 with a tuft of long setulae). Postpedicel long, compressed laterally. Arista long plumose (bare in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Psecacera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Psecacera" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Psecacera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Facial carina absent (e.g., present in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Platyrrhinodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platyrrhinodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Platyrrhinodexia</emphasis>
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Townsend, 1927). Haustellum short, ca. 0.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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the head height (e.g., two or three times in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Prosenoides" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prosenoides" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Prosenoides</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891). Thorax with proepisternum and prosternum bare (e.g., setulose in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Tromodesiana" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tromodesiana" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Tromodesiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1931). Intrapostalar seta absent. Scutellum with just regular setae (e.g., various upturned setae in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Tropidopsiomorpha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tropidopsiomorpha" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Tropidopsiomorpha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927). Wing hyaline (smoky in in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Yahuarmayoia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Yahuarmayoia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Yahuarmayoia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1927; with maculae in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Scotiptera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Scotiptera" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Scotiptera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Macquart, 1835). Costal spine undeveloped. Abdomen strongly pointed apically, especially in male (in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Yahuarmayoia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Yahuarmayoia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Yahuarmayoia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Z. discalis" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="species" species="discalis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Z. discalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species group is broad, excluding
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Z. formosa" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="species" species="formosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Z. formosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.). Male abdomen somewhat elongate (not elongate in
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||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Ophirodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ophirodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Ophirodexia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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Townsend, 1911). Abdominal tergites with just one row of setae (e.g., in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hystrichodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hystrichodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Hystrichodexia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Röder">Roeder</normalizedToken>
|
||
, 1886, two or three rows of discal setae). Tergite IV with three to five discals or without discals (e.g., with discal setae in sytergite I+II to V in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Ptilodexia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ptilodexia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Ptilodexia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
|
||
Justification for the synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Opsozelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opsozelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Opsozelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Zelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="Z. discalis" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" rank="species" species="discalis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Z. discalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group of species with at least two discal setae on tergites III and IV:
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="117">
|
||
<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="117" start="start">All</pageBreakToken>
|
||
of the examined species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="Z. discalis" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" rank="species" species="discalis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Z. discalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group are similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Zelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species, including the terminalia. These species do not present any outstanding morphological features that justify a separate genus. However, considering the difficulty in identifying the Neotropical
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" rank="tribe" tribe="Dexiini">Dexiini</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Zelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species, we keep maintain species in their own species group for identification purposes. These species are easily recognized among other
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Zelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the presence of at least two discal setae on abdominal tergites III and IV (other
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Zelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species without discal setae on these tergites).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="117" type="description of the zelia discalis species group">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="117">
|
||
Description of the
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Zelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelia discalis" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discalis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Zelia discalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="117">Male holoptic and female dichoptic. Compound eye bare. Frontal vitta and ocellar triangle dark brown. Head light yellow to tawny, covered entirely with silver pruinosity. Minute proclinate setae on fronto-orbital plate. Parafacial bare. Ocellar setae proclinate and well differentiated from the adjacent setae; postocellar setae proclinate. Inner and outer vertical setae subparallel and convergent. No facial carina. Genal dilation with pale pruinosity and covered with black setulae. Facial ridge with small setulae near vibrissal insertion. Antenna inserted below middle of compound eye. Arista densely plumose. Strong and convergent vibrissae; four or five developed subvibrissal setae. Palpus cylindrical and a little clavate. Thorax brown to dark brown with silver or light golden pruinosity. Prescutum with four dark vittae, the two inner vittae thinner than the outer vittae. Prosternum and proepisternum bare. Notopleuron with two equal-sized setae. Two proepimeral setae. Two proepisternal setae. Three katepisternal setae, the lower one weaker. Postalar callus with two large and one smaller setae. Anepimeron with a single long seta. Anatergite bare. Katepimeron with setulae anteriorly. Costal spine absent. Vein M1 ending at wing margin close to tip. Abdomen conical, basally large and rounded, tapering to tip. Mid-dorsal depression on syntergite I+II reaching the posterior margin. Syntergite I+II and tergite III with one pair of median marginal setae. Tergite III and IV with 2-4 pairs of discal setae. Tergite IV with one row of median marginal setae and approximately ten discal seta decreasing in size anteriorly. Tergite V with one row each of marginal and discal setae. Sternites hidden. Male terminalia with cerci separated and pointed, larger basally. Surstylus broad, and usually rounded at tip, sometimes slightly pointed. Pregonite and postgonite fused as curved elongate structure, without a distinct separation; pregonite connected basally to the hypandrium by a membrane (sometimes thin, almost sclerotized). Epiphallus present, fused with basiphallus. Basiphallus varying in size. Distiphallus with extension of dorsal sclerite varying in size; dorsal sclerite ventrally serrulated; granular zone present, varying in size.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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