Pygocalcager

Pygocalcager
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Tachininae
Tribe:	Proscissionini
Genus:	Pygocalcager ; Townsend, 1935
Type species
	Pygocalcager humeratum ; Hutton, 1901

Last updated March 14, 2026

Pygocalcager is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.^[3] Currently only one member of the genus has been described, Pygocalcager humeratum, which is endemic to New Zealand and was originally described as Calcager humeratum by Hutton in 1901.^[2] This was moved to its own genus in 1935 by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend.^[1]

References

1 2 Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "Pygocalcager gen. nov. (Dipt.: Tachinidae)". Entomological News. 46: 215.
1 2 Hutton, Frederick Wollaston (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
↑ 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.

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[Townsend1935-1] 1 2 Townsend, C.H.T. (1935). "Pygocalcager gen. nov. (Dipt.: Tachinidae)". Entomological News. 46: 215.

[Hutton1901-2] 1 2 Hutton, Frederick Wollaston (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[OHara2020-3] 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 1 July 2023.

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