''Gymnosoma'' 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 ...
.
The name ''"Gymnosoma"'' literally translates as "naked body",
and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species
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Gymnosoma acrosterni''
Kugler, 1971
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Gymnosoma amplifrons''
(Brooks, 1946)
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Gymnosoma brachypeltae''
Dupuis, 1961
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Gymnosoma brevicorne''
Villeneuve, 1929
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Gymnosoma canadense''
(Brooks, 1946)
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Gymnosoma carpocoridis''
Dupuis, 1961
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Gymnosoma clavatum''
( Rohdendorf, 1947)
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Gymnosoma costatum''
(Panzer
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, 1800)
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Gymnosoma desertorum''
( Rohdendorf, 1947)
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Gymnosoma dolycoridis''
Dupuis, 1961
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Gymnosoma emdeni''
(Mesnil, 1950)
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Gymnosoma filiola''
Loew, 1872
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Gymnosoma fuliginosa''
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
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Gymnosoma fuscohalteratum''
Emden, 1945
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Gymnosoma hamiense''
Dupuis, 1966
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Gymnosoma hemisphaericum''
(Geoffroy, 1785)
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Gymnosoma indicum''
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1853
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Gymnosoma inornatum''
Zimin, 1966
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Gymnosoma iranicum''
(Zimin, 1966)
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Gymnosoma majae''
(Zimin, 1966)
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Gymnosoma maxima''
Dupuis, 1966
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Gymnosoma neotropicale''
Cortés & Campos, 1971
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Gymnosoma nitens''
Meigen, 1824
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Gymnosoma nudifrons''
Herting, 1966
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Gymnosoma occidentale''
Curran, 1927
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Gymnosoma par''
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849
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Gymnosoma persica''
(Mesnil, 1952)
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Gymnosoma philippinense''
( Townsend, 1928)
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Gymnosoma rotundatum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
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Gymnosoma ruficornis''
( Wulp, 1892)
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Gymnosoma rungsi''
(Mesnil, 1952)
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Gymnosoma sicula''
Dupuis & Genduso, 1981
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Gymnosoma sylvatica''
Zimin, 1966
References
Tachinidae genera
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Diptera of South America
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Europe
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