Periopticochaeta is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[3]

Periopticochaeta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Tachinini
Genus: Periopticochaeta
Townsend, 1927[1]
Type species
Periopticochaeta pendula
Synonyms
  • Perioptichochaeta Guimarães, 1971[2]

Species edit

Distribution edit

Brazil.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Townsend, C.H.T. (1927). "Synopse dos generos muscoideos da regiao humida tropical da America, con generos e especies novas". Revista do Museu Paulista. 15: 203–385. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ Guimarães, J.H. (1971). "Family Tachinidae (Larvaevoridae)". A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. 104: 333.
  3. ^ 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 14 June 2023.