''Signosomopsis'' 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 ...
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Species
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Signosomopsis argentea''
Townsend, 1914
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Signosomopsis eronis''
Curran, 1929
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Signosomopsis townsendi''
Curran, 1929
Distribution
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
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References
Tachininae
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Diptera of South America
Endemic fauna of Peru
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