Acaulona peruviana is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[2] It was first described by entomologist Charles Henry Tyler Townsend in 1913 based on specimens collected in Peru.[1] It is a parasitoid of "cotton stainer" bugs.[1] It was introduced to Puerto Rico in the early 1940s as a biocontrol agent of cotton stainers.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasiinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnosomatini |
| Genus: | Acaulona |
| Species: | A. peruviana
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| Acaulona peruviana | |
Distribution
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edit- ^ a b c Charles H. T. Townsend (1913). "Muscoid Parasites of the Cotton—Stainer and Other Lygaeids". Psyche. 20 (2): 91–94. doi:10.1155/1913/43638. ISSN 0033-2615. Wikidata Q56163033.
- ^ a b 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 21 August 2023.
- ^ Curtis W Sabrosky (1950). "Notes on Trichopodini (Diptera, Larvaevoridae), with description of a new parasite of cotton stainers in Puerto Rico". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 40 (4): 361–371. ISSN 0043-0439. JSTOR 24531028. Wikidata Q96069292.