The Tachinidae are a diverse family of flies with a recognized fauna of about 1500 genera and 8500 species worldwide. All species are parasitoids of other arthropods, mostly insects, during their larval stage. This monograph catalogues the tachinid fauna of the Afrotropical Region, which was last catalogued in 1980. It is based on examination of the primary literature comprising about 525 references as well as the study of numerous name-bearing types and other specimens housed in collections. The classification is modernized and the names updated to provide nomenclatural, distributional and name-bearing type information for the 237 genera and 1126 species recognized from the region. Included within these numbers are seven genera and eight species that are described as new. Three genera and two species are newly recorded from the region. Taxonomic changes and nomenclatural actions include 25 new or revived species combinations, nine new or revived generic and specific synonymies, nine new lectotypes, five new replacement names for preoccupied names, and two new type species fixations for genus-group names. The catalogue is annotated with about 300 notes and a taxonomic index to all names is provided.
Introduction 6
Materials and methods 8
Format 8
General 8
Name-bearing types 9
Avoidance of assumption of holotype 10
Lectotypifications 10
Type localities 12
Collections housing name-bearing types 13
Geographic divisions 14
Afrotropical Region 15
Palaearctic Region 17
Oriental Region 19
Australasian and Oceanian regions 21
Nearctic Region 21
Neotropical Region 22
Sample distribution 22
Distributional data 22
Distributions within the Afrotropical Region 22
Distributions outside the Afrotropical Region 23
Classification 23
Review of generic changes since Crosskey’s Afrotropical catalogue 26
Recent family reassignment of copal inclusions from East Africa 29
Summary of new taxonomic and nomenclatural changes 30
New genera and species 30
Genera newly recorded from the Afrotropical Region 30
Genera no longer recognized from the Afrotropical Region 31
Species newly recorded from the Afrotropical Region 31
Species misidentified or misrecorded from the Afrotropical Region 31
New replacement names 31
New type species fixations 32
Lectotype designations 32
New and revived status 33
New and revived combinations 34
New and revived synonymies 36
Catalogue 36
Subfamily Dexiinae 36
Dexiini 36
Dufouriini 51
Eutherini 52
Voriini 53
Subfamily Exoristinae 62
Acemyini 62
Anacamptomyiini 65
Blondeliini 67
Eryciini 80
Ethillini 109
Exoristini 118
Goniini 127
Thrixionini 157
Winthemiini 157
Unplaced species of Exoristinae 162
Subfamily Phasiinae 163
Catharosiini 163
Cylindromyiini 165
Gymnosomatini 173
Hermyini 177
Imitomyiini 179
Leucostomatini 180
Phasiini 183
Strongygastrini 186
Unplaced species of Phasiinae 187
Subfamily Tachininae 187
Bigonichetini 187
Ernestiini 188
Glaurocarini 202
Graphogastrini 203
Leskiini 205
Macquartiini 210
Megaprosopini 212
Minthoini 214
Neaerini 221
Nemoraeini 221
Ormiini 224
Palpostomatini 226
Siphonini 229
Tachinini 241
Unplaced species of Tachinidae 247
Lectotype designations 248
New taxa of Afrotropical Tachinidae 253
Dexiinae, Dexiini 254
Mesnilotrix Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 254
Mesnilotrix empiformis (Mesnil, 1976), comb. n. 255
Exoristinae, Blondeliini 257
Filistea Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 257
Filistea aureofasciata (Curran, 1927), comb. n. 260
Filistea verbekei Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 261
Key to species of Filistea gen. n. 262
Exoristinae, Eryciini 262
Afrophylax Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 262
Afrophylax aureiventris (Villeneuve, 1910), comb. n. 264
Carceliathrix Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 266
Carceliathrix crassipalpis (Villeneuve, 1938), comb. n. 267
Carceliathrix sp. 1 268
Carceliathrix sp. 2 269
Exoristinae, Goniini 269
Myxophryxe Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 269
Myxophryxe longirostris (Villeneuve, 1938), comb. n. 272
Myxophryxe murina Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 274
Myxophryxe regalis Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 275
Myxophryxe satanas Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 276
Key to males of the species of Myxophryxe gen. n. 278
Stiremania Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 278
Stiremania karoo Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 281
Stiremania robusta Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 283
Key to species of Stiremania gen. n. 284
Tachininae, Leskiini 284
Austrosolieria Cerretti & O’Hara, gen. n. 284
Austrosolieria freidbergi Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 287
Austrosolieria londti Cerretti & O’Hara, sp. n. 288
Key to species of Austrosolieria gen. n. 289
Acknowledgements 290
References 291
Index 327