Pachygaster

Pachygaster
Female Pachygaster atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Pachygaster Meigen, 1803 [1]
Type species
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797 [2]
Synonyms
Vappo Latreille, 1804 [3] Pachigaster Róndani, 1856 [4] Praomyia Kertész, 1916 [5] AlphapachygasterPleske, 1922 [6] AlphapachygasterPleske, 1924 [7]

Pachygaster is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. ^{[8] [9]}

Pachygaster differ from other Pachygastrinae morphologically in that their wings have separate R4 and R5 radial veins, their scutellum lacks a distinct posterior rim, and the hairs on the sides of their mesonotum are not flattened. ^{[10] [11]}

Species

• Pachygaster annulipes Brunetti, 1920 ^[12]
• Pachygaster antiquus James, 1971 ^[13]
• Pachygaster atra (Panzer, 1797) ^[2]
• Pachygaster characta Kraft & Cook, 1961 ^[14]
• Pachygaster dorsalis Lindner, 1957 ^[15]
• Pachygaster emerita Krivosheina & Freidberg, 2004 ^[16]
• Pachygaster flavimanus Lindner, 1957 ^[15]
• Pachygaster flavipennis Hull, 1942 ^[17]
• Pachygaster hymenaea Grund & Hauser, 2005 ^[18]
• Pachygaster kerteszi Szilády, 1941 ^[19]
• Pachygaster leachii Curtis, 1824 ^[20]
• Pachygaster maura Lindner, 1939 ^[21]
• Pachygaster montana Kraft & Cook, 1961 ^[14]
• Pachygaster piriventris Rozkošný & Kovac, 1998 ^[22]
• Pachygaster pulcher Loew, 1863 ^[23]
• Pachygaster subatra Krivosheina, 2004 ^[24]
• Pachygaster wirthi James, 1967 ^[25]

References

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