Boettcheria

Boettcheria is a genus of flesh flies in the family Sarcophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Boettcheria.

Boettcheria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sarcophagidae
Subfamily:	Sarcophaginae
Genus:	Boettcheria Parker, 1914
Type species
Boettcheria latisterna Parker, 1914
Synonyms
Melanophyto Townsend, 1916 Parasarcodexia Townsend, 1918 Winthemiola Dodge, 1967 Boettcheriodes Lopes, 1988

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Boettcheria:

• B. arnaudi Lopes, 1950 ^{c g}
• B. aurifera Lopes, 1950 ^{c g}
• B. bisetosa Parker, 1914 ^{i c g b}
• B. calceata (Dodge, 1967) ^{c g}
• B. cimbicis (Townsend, 1892)
• B. cubana Lopes, 1950 ^{i c g}
• B. dentata Dodge, 1966 ^{c g}
• B. elegans Lopes, 1975 ^{c g}
• B. holmani Rohdendorf, 1971 ^{c g}
• B. latisterna Parker, 1914 ^{i c g}
• B. litorosa (Reinhard, 1947) ^{i c g}
• B. maerens (Townsend, 1916) ^{c g}
• B. marstoni Dodge, 1966 ^{c g}
• B. melanderi Dodge, 1967 ^{i c g}
• B. mexicana Lopes, 1950 ^{c g}
• B. mundelli Blanchard, 1939 ^{c g}
• B. parkeri (Aldrich, 1916) ^{c g}
• B. parkeriana Lopes, 1976 ^{c g}
• B. peruviana Lopes, 1950 ^{c g}
• B. petersoni Lopes, 1988 ^{c g}
• B. praevolans (Wulp, 1896) ^{i c g}
• B. pugetensis Dodge, 1967 ^{i c g}
• B. pyrrhopyga (Hall, 1933) ^{c g}
• B. retroversa (Lopes, 1935) ^{c g}
• B. similis Lopes, 1946 ^{c g}
• B. solo Pape, 1989 ^{c g}
• B. styx Pape & Dahlem, 1998 ^{c g}
• B. taurus (Aldrich, 1916) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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.