Triarthria setipennis

Triarthria setipennis is a species of tachinid fly which parasitizes other insects, including earwigs.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Triarthria setipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Triarthriini
Genus:	Triarthria
Species:	T. setipennis
Binomial name
Triarthria setipennis (Fallén, 1810)
Synonyms
T. spinipennis Meigen, 1824 M. forficulae Newport, 1853 T. setipennis Fallén, 1810[1]

Distribution

Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom.[4][5] introduced and established British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Newfoundland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.[1]

References

1. James E. O'Hara (2009). "Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". North American Dipterists Society. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. Dimick, R.E. and Mote, D.C. (1934) Progress report regarding the introduction in Oregon of Digonocheata setipennis, a tachinid parasite of the European earwig. Journal of Economic Entomology 27, 863-865.
3. Clausen, C.P. (1978) Dermaptera -- Forficulidae -- European Earwig. In: Clausen, C.P. (ed.) Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds: A World Review, Handbook No. 480, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, pp. 15-18.
4. "Fauna Europaea version 2.4". European Commission. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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.