Neotachina

Neotachina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Proscissionini
Genus:	Neotachina Malloch, 1938 [1]

Neotachina is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. ^[2] The four known species in this genus were collected in New Zealand in 1938 and described by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch. ^[3]

Diagnosis

This genus keys out together with Chaetopletha , Phaoniella , Platytachina , Plethochaetigera , and Tachineo . It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.

Species

• Neotachina angusticornis Malloch, 1938 ^[1]
• Neotachina depressa Malloch, 1938 ^[1]
• Neotachina laticornis Malloch, 1938 ^[1]
• Neotachina obtusa Malloch, 1938 ^[1]

References

1. Malloch, John Russell (1938). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand, parts VIII and IX". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 68. The Royal Society of New Zealand: 161–258. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. 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 1 July 2023.
3. Evenhuis, Neal L. (1989). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions, Volume 86. Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press. p. 757.