Gymnosoma

Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[2]

Gymnosoma
Gymnosoma nudifrons male
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Gymnosoma

Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca rotundata
Synonyms[1]

The name "Gymnosoma" literally translates as "naked body",[3] and presumably refers to the fact that some species in the genus are less conspicuously bristly than most species of flies in the family Tachinidae.

Species

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References

  1. O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (28 January 2004). "Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico" (PDF). Nicaragua: Biodiversidad de Nicaragua. pp. 1–42.
  2. "Fauna Europaea version 2.4". European Commission. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  3. Jaeger, Edmund C. (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 0-398-06179-3.
  4. Mitra, Bulganin; Sharma, R.M. "Checklist Of Indian Tachinid Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tachinidae)" (PDF). Jabalpur. pp. 1–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
  5. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  6. Belshaw, Robert (1993). "Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4ai): 170.
  7. van Emden, F.I. (1954). "Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae". Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (4a): 133.


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