Phosocephala

Phosocephala is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[3]

Phosocephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Tachinini
Genus: Phosocephala
Townsend, 1908[1]
Type species
Phosocephala metallica
Synonyms

Species
  • Phosocephala alexanderi Fleming & Wood, 2016[4]
  • Phosocephala metallica Townsend, 1908

Distribution

Costa Rica.

References
  1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. Coquillett, Daniel William (1910). "The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 37[1719]: 499–647. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. 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 14 June 2023.
  4. Fleming, A.J.; Wood, D.M.; Smith, M.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W.; Dapkey, T. (2016). "A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (e7863): 1–16. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
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