Atractocerops Ceylanica
''Atractocerops'' is a genus of Fly, flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *''Atractocerops aldrichi'' (Mesnil, 1952) *''Atractocerops ceylanicus'' Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, Townsend, 1916 *''Atractocerops parvus'' (John Merton Aldrich, Aldrich, 1928) *''Atractocerops sumartrensis'' (Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, Townsend, 1927) References

Exoristinae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of Asia {{goniini-stub ...
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Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend (December 5, 1863 – March 17, 1944) was an American entomologist specializing in the study of tachinids (Tachinidae), a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and describing some 3000 species and genera. He made important contributions to the biological control of insect pests and he was the first to identify the insect vector of a debilitating disease in Peru. Townsend was also a controversial figure and criticism of his approach to insect taxonomy continues to this day. Biography Townsend was born in Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell">T.D.A. Cockerell, and became curator of the Public Museum in Kingston, Jamaica. Townsend focused on educating the local farmers about insect pests and how to control them. In 1894 he was rehired by the USDA to study the appearance of a new pest, the cotton boll weevil in Texas and northern Mexico. He ...
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