''Catharosia'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...
.
Species
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Catharosia albisquama''
( Villeneuve, 1932)
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Catharosia alutacea''
(Emden, 1945)
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Catharosia calva''
( Coquillett, 1910)
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Catharosia capensis''
Verbeke, 1970
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Catharosia claripennis''
Kugler, 1977
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Catharosia flavicornis''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1859)
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Catharosia frontalis''
(Smith, 1917)
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Catharosia lustrans''
(Reinhard, 1944)
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Catharosia minuta''
( Townsend, 1915)
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Catharosia nebulosa''
( Coquillett, 1897)
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Catharosia pygmaea''
( Fallén, 1815)
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Catharosia valescens''
Villeneuve, 1942
References
Tachinidae genera
Taxa named by Camillo Rondani
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Europe
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