Masicera

Masicera is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There are more than 50 described species in Masicera.[1][2]

Masicera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Masicera Macquart, 1834

Species

These 58 species belong to the genus Masicera:

• Masicera aenescens Macquart, 1851
• Masicera alacris (Walker, 1861)
• Masicera angusta Macquart, 1851
• Masicera arcuatipennis (Macquart, 1855)
• Masicera auriceps Macquart, 1851
• Masicera aurifrons (Doleschall, 1858)
• Masicera bilineata (Wulp, 1890)
• Masicera brasiliensis (Moreira, 1915)
• Masicera bremii Macquart, 1851
• Masicera brevis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera caffrea (Macquart, 1846)
• Masicera campestris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
• Masicera clausa Perris, 1852
• Masicera consobrina Macquart, 1851
• Masicera cubensis (Macquart, 1848)
• Masicera cylindrica Perris, 1852
• Masicera declivicornis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera disputans (Walker, 1861)
• Masicera dumetorum Macquart, 1851
• Masicera exigua Perris, 1852
• Masicera expergita (Walker, 1861)
• Masicera facialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
• Masicera flavescens Macquart, 1851
• Masicera flavidipennis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera flavifacies (Bigot, 1889)
• Masicera gentica (Walker, 1861)
• Masicera glauca (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
• Masicera guttata (Walker, 1858)
• Masicera hannomensis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera inclinans (Walker, 1858)
• Masicera interrupta Macquart, 1851
• Masicera latipennis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera major Macquart, 1851
• Masicera micans Macquart, 1851
• Masicera morio (Doleschall, 1858)
• Masicera necopina (Walker, 1861)
• Masicera nigrita Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
• Masicera nitida Macquart, 1851
• Masicera normula (Wulp, 1890)
• Masicera palpalis Perris, 1852
• Masicera pavoniae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Masicera pumila Meigen, 1838
• Masicera quadrimaculata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
• Masicera ruficornis Macquart, 1851
• Masicera sendis Meigen, 1838
• Masicera sesquiplex (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
• Masicera silvatica (Fallen, 1810)
• Masicera similis (Macquart, 1851)
• Masicera socia Macquart, 1851
• Masicera sphingivora (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Masicera strigata (Wulp, 1890)
• Masicera subpilosa (Wulp, 1890)
• Masicera tessellata Macquart, 1851
• Masicera trichoneura (Wulp, 1890)
• Masicera unicolor Macquart, 1851
• Masicera usta (Giglio-Tos, 1893)
• Masicera varipes (Macquart, 1846)
• Masicera virescens Macquart, 1851

References

1. "Masicera". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. O'Hara, James E. "Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
• O'Hara, James E. (2014). World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence, version 8 (PDF) (Report).
• O'Hara, James E.; Stireman, John O. III. "Tachinidae Resources". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (2004). Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International. 18. International Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-078-6. ISSN 1083-6284.