Neotachina is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.[2] The four known species in this genus were collected in New Zealand in 1938 and described by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch.[3]
| Neotachina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Tachininae |
| Tribe: | Proscissionini |
| Genus: | Neotachina Malloch, 1938[1] |
Diagnosis
editThis genus keys out together with Chaetopletha, Phaoniella, Platytachina, Plethochaetigera, and Tachineo. It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.
Species
edit- Neotachina angusticornis Malloch, 1938[1]
- Neotachina depressa Malloch, 1938[1]
- Neotachina laticornis Malloch, 1938[1]
- Neotachina obtusa Malloch, 1938[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Malloch, John Russell (1938). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand, parts VIII and IX". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68. The Royal Society of New Zealand: 161–258. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 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 1 July 2023.
- ^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (1989). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions, Volume 86. Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press. p. 757.