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Borgmeiermyia

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Borgmeiermyia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Exoristinae
Tribe: Blondeliini
Genus: Borgmeiermyia
Townsend, 1935[1]
Type species
Borgmeiermyia brasiliana

Borgmeiermyia is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.[2] Individuals of this genus are 3-7mm long and black in ground colour with a golden dusting pattern on the thorax. Males are multifissicorn - the third antennal segment is multi-branched.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "Multifissicorn male oestroids". Revista de Entomologia. 5: 292–293.
  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 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ Sehnal, P. (1998). "A new species of Borgmeiermyia Townsend, 1935, from Paraguay (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 100: 349–354.
  4. ^ a b Arnaud, P.H. Jr. (1963). "A revision of the genus Borgmeiermyia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2133): 1–18. Retrieved 3 April 2022.