Protohystricia

Protohystricia
Unidentified Protohystricia fly resting on information sign at Hinewai Reserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Protohystriciini
Genus:	Protohystricia Malloch, 1929 [1]
Type species
Hystricia pachyprocta Nowicki, 1875 [2]
Synonyms
Hexamera Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1889 [3] Homohexamera Townsend, 1934 [4]

Protohystricia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. ^[5] Their larvae are deposited next to the burrows of porina moth caterpillars, which they will locate and parasitise. ^[6]

Species

• Protohystricia alcis (Walker, 1849) ^[7]
• Protohystricia gourlayi (Tonnoir, 1935) ^[8]
• Protohystricia huttoni Malloch, 1930 ^[9]
• Protohystricia orientalis (Schiner, 1868) ^[10]

Distribution

New Zealand.

References

1. Malloch, J.R. (1929). "Notes on Australian Diptera. XX". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 54: 283–343. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
2. Nowicki, M. (1875). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Dipterenfauna Neu-Seelands. Krakau: Privately published. p. 29.
3. Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J.E. von (1889). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae)". Pars I. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 56 (1): 69–180, 11 pls. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
4. Townsend, C.H.T. (1934). "Five new genera of New Zealand and Malayan Oestroidea". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 42: 247–248.
5. 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.
6. Forster, Raymond R. (1978). Small land animals of New Zealand. Dunedin: McIndoe. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-908565-57-3.
7. Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
8. Tonnoir, A.L. (1935). "Notes on the genus Hexamera B. & B. (Dipt. Tachin.)". Counc. Sci. Ind. Res. Pam. 52: 5–12.
9. Malloch, J.R. (1930). "Notes on Australian Diptera. XXIV". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 55: 303–353. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
10. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.