TACHINIDAE

Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M., 2006, DIPTERA OF THAILAND A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (2), No. 2, pp. 97-269 : 227-228

TACHINIDAE

In the CDO (CROSSKEY 1977) 33 spp. of 27 genera were listed (incl. some unnamed spp.) as follows:

Formicophania elegans TOWNSEND, 1916 , Hermya beelzebul ( WIEDEMANN, 1830) , H. micans ( WULP, 1881) , Lophosia angusticauda ( TOWNSEND, 1927) , Dexia divergens WALKER, 1856 , Myostoma magnum BARANOV, 1935 , Halidaya luteicornis (WALKER, 1861) , Thelaira macropus ( WIEDEMANN, 1830) , Torocca munda (WALKER, 1856) , Nemoraea grandis ( WALKER, 1852) , Ocypteromima 1 sp. (unnamed), Mikia patellipalpis (MESNIL, 1952) , Servillia flavopilosa ( BIGOT, 1888) , S. ursinoidea TOTHILL, 1918 , Peribaea orbata ( WIEDEMANN, 1830) , Trigonospila transvittata ( PANDELLÉ, 1896) , Urodexia penicillum OSTEN SACKEN, 1882 , Euthelairosoma siamense BARANOV, 1938 (“unplaced species of Blondeliini ”), Eozenillia (unnamed sp.), Exorista ladelli ( BARANOV, 1936) , Argyrophylax fumipennis ( TOWNSEND, 1926) , Carcelia (C.) iridipennis ( WULP, 1893), C. (Senometopia) albosericea ( MESNIL, 1953) , Blepharipa zebina ( WALKER, 1849) , Drino argenticeps ( MACQUART, 1851) , D. facialis ( TOWNSEND, 1928) , Palexorista lucagus ( WALKER, 1849), P. ophirica (WALKER, 1856), P. solennis (WALKER, 1858) , Pseudogonia rufifrons ( WIEDEMANN, 1830) , Nealsomyia rufella ( BEZZI, 1925) , unplaced species of Eryciini : anomala VILLENEUVE, 1929. Of them Formicophania elegans TOWNSEND, 1916 (p. 323), Euthelairosoma siamense BARANOV, 1938 (p. 411) and Exorista ladelli ( BARANOV, 1936) (p. 108) were described from Thailand.

After 1977, SUN & MARSHALL (2003) described species and published new records also from Thailand in their monographic revision of Phasia . In a series of taxonomic papers H. SHIMA (1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1998, and SHIMA & CHAO 1988) described several new species of Tachinidae from Thailand ( Blondelia vibrissina SHIMA, 1983 (p. 644, Doi Inthanon), Linnaemyia atrisetosa SHIMA, 1986 (p. 67), L. kanoi SHIMA, 1986 (p. 48), L. persimilis SHIMA, 1986 (p. 82), L. ruficauda SHIMA, 1986 (p. 49), L. siamensis SHIMA, 1986 (p. 44), Dexiomimops curtipes SHIMA, 1987 (p. 94), Crosskeya assimilis SHIMA & CHAO, 1988 (p. 356), C. longicornis SHIMA & CHAO, 1988 (p. 354)).

Our material is not large: 29 indiv from 2004 and 15 indiv. from 2003.