Phosocephala

Phosocephala
Phosocephala alexanderi lateral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Tachinini
Genus:	Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 [1]
Type species
Phosocephala metallica Townsend, 1908 [1]
Synonyms
Phosococephala Coquillett, 1910 [2]

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

Species

• Phosocephala alexanderi Fleming & Wood, 2016 ^[4]
• Phosocephala metallica Townsend, 1908

Distribution

Costa Rica.

References

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1908). "The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
2. Coquillett, Daniel William (1910). "The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 37[1719] (1719): 499–647. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.37-1719.499 . Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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.
4. Fleming, A.J.; Wood, D.M.; Smith, M.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W.; Dapkey, T. (2016). "A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (e7863): e7863. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7863 . PMC   4867709 . PMID   27226748 . Retrieved 18 June 2023.