Hamaxia incongrua is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Hamaxia of the family Tachinidae.[2] It is normally found in the Australasian biorealm, but may also be found in the Oriental and Palearctic realms.[2][3] It is a parasite of numerous Scarabaeidae species, such as Popillia japonica.[3][4]

Hamaxia incongrua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Tachininae
Tribe: Palpostomatini
Genus: Hamaxia
Species:
H. incongrua
Binomial name
Hamaxia incongrua
Walker, 1860[1]

Distribution

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China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Russia[, Indonesia, Sumatra, Malaysia, Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ Walker, F. (1860). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Amboyna by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 5 (suppl.): 144–168. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b O’Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo (2016-03-31). "Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera". ZooKeys (575): 1–344. Bibcode:2016ZooK..575....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.575.6072. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4829880. PMID 27110184.
  3. ^ a b Gardner, Theodore Roosevelt; Parker, Lawrence Bemis (1940). Investigations of the parasites of Popillia japonica and related Scarabaeidae in the Far East from 1929 to 1933, inclusive. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
  4. ^ O’Hara, James E.; Shannon, J. Henderson; D. Monty, Wood (5 March 2020). "World Checklist of the Tachinidae" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 28 February 2022.