''Lophosia'' 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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Lophosia aenescens''
( Malloch, 1931)
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Lophosia angusticauda''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1927)
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Lophosia atra''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1926)
*''
Lophosia bicincta''
( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
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Lophosia caudalis''
Sun, 1996
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Lophosia costalis''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1928)
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Lophosia epalpata''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1927)
*''
Lophosia erythropa''
( Bezzi, 1925)
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Lophosia excisa''
Tothill
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Tothill is a hamlet in the civil parish of Withern with Stain, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about south-east from Louth, and about north-west from Alford. In 1971 the parish had a populatio ...
, 1918
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Lophosia exquisita''
( Malloch, 1931)
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Lophosia fasciata''
Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1824
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Lophosia felderi''
(Brauer Brauer or Bräuer is a surname of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:-
* Alfred Brauer (1894–1985), German-American mathematician, brother of Richard
* Andreas Brauer (born 1973), German film producer
* Arik Bra ...
& von Berganstamm, 1893)
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Lophosia flavicornis''
Sun, 1996
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Lophosia hamulata''
( Villeneuve, 1926)
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Lophosia imbecilla''
Herting, 1983
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Lophosia imbuta''
(Wiedemann Wiedemann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
*Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
* Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926–2015), G ...
, 1819)
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Lophosia jiangxiensis''
Sun, 1996
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Lophosia lophosioides''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1927)
*''
Lophosia macropyga''
Herting, 1983
*''
Lophosia marginata''
Sun, 1996
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Lophosia obscura''
(Brauer Brauer or Bräuer is a surname of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:-
* Alfred Brauer (1894–1985), German-American mathematician, brother of Richard
* Andreas Brauer (born 1973), German film producer
* Arik Bra ...
& von Berganstamm, 1893)
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Lophosia ocypterina''
( Villeneuve, 1927)
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Lophosia perpendicularis''
( Villeneuve, 1927)
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Lophosia pulchra''
(Townsend
Townsend or Townshend may refer to:
Places United States
*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
** Townsend (CDP), Massachusetts, th ...
, 1927)
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Lophosia scutellata''
Sun, 1996
*''
Lophosia tianmushanica''
Sun, 1996
References
Phasiinae
Tachinidae genera
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Diptera of Asia
Muscomorph flies of Europe
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