Ceracia

Ceracia is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There are about 15 described species in Ceracia.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ceracia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Tribe:	Acemyini
Genus:	Ceracia Rondani, 1865
Type species
Ceracia mucronifera Rondani, 1865

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Ceracia:

• Ceracia africana (Mesnil, 1959) ^c
• Ceracia armata (Malloch, 1930) ^{c g}
• Ceracia aurifrons Aldrich, 1933 ^{c g}
• Ceracia brachyptera (Thomson, 1869) ^{c g}
• Ceracia degeerioides (Wulp, 1890) ^c
• Ceracia dentata (Coquillett, 1895) ^{i c g b}
• Ceracia fergusoni (Malloch, 1930) ^c
• Ceracia freyi (Herting, 1958) ^{c g}
• Ceracia majorina (Wulp, 1891) ^{c g}
• Ceracia mucronifera Rondani, 1865 ^{c g}
• Ceracia murina Mesnil, 1977 ^{c g}
• Ceracia punensis (Townsend, 1915) ^{c g}
• Ceracia stackelbergi (Mesnil, 1963) ^{c g}
• Ceracia subandina Blanchard, 1943 ^{c g}
• Ceracia trichosoma (Wulp, 1890) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Ceracia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Browse Ceracia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Ceracia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Ceracia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. O'Hara, James E. "Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". Tachinidae Resources.
6. James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." Zootaxa 2190 (2009): 1-236.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
• O'Hara, James E. (2014). "World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence, version 8" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-05-06.
• O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (2004). Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International. 18. Associated Publishers. ISBN 1-56665-078-X.

External links

• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
• O'Hara, James E.; Stireman, John O. III. "Tachinidae Resources". Retrieved 2018-05-06.