Borgmeiermyia

Borgmeiermyia is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.[2]Individuals of this genus are 3-7mm long and black in ground colour with a golden dusting pattern on the thorax. Males are multifissicorn - the third antennal segment is multi-branched.

Borgmeiermyia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Blondeliini
Genus: Borgmeiermyia
Townsend, 1935[1]
Type species
Borgmeiermyia brasiliana

Species
  • Borgmeiermyia brasiliana Townsend, 1919[1]
  • Borgmeiermyia paraguayana Sehnal, 1998
  • Borgmeiermyia peruana Arnaud, 1963[3]
  • Borgmeiermyia rozeni Arnaud, 1963[3]

References
  1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "Multifissicorn male oestroids". Revista de Entomologia. 5: 292–293.
  2. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. Arnaud, P.H., Jr. (1963). "A revision of the genus Borgmeiermyia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 2133: 1–18. Retrieved 3 April 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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