Neotachina

Neotachina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Proscissionini
Genus:	Neotachina; Malloch, 1938

Neotachina is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.^[2] The four known species in this genus were collected in New Zealand in 1938 and described by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch.^[3]

Diagnosis

This genus keys out together with Chaetopletha, Phaoniella, Platytachina, Plethochaetigera, and Tachineo. It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.

Species

Neotachina angusticornis Malloch, 1938^[1]
Neotachina depressa Malloch, 1938^[1]
Neotachina laticornis Malloch, 1938^[1]
Neotachina obtusa Malloch, 1938^[1]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Malloch, John Russell (1938). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand, parts VIII and IX". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68. The Royal Society of New Zealand: 161–258. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (1989). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions, Volume 86. Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press. p. 757.

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[Malloch1938-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Malloch, John Russell (1938). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand, parts VIII and IX". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68. The Royal Society of New Zealand: 161–258. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[OHara2020-2] O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[Evenhuis1989-3] Evenhuis, Neal L. (1989). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions, Volume 86. Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press. p. 757.

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