Zosteromeigenia

Zosteromeigenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Exoristinae
Tribe:	Blondeliini
Genus:	Zosteromeigenia ; (Townsend, 1919)
Species:	Z. mima
Binomial name
	Zosteromeigenia mima; (Townsend, 1919)
Synonyms
	Zosteromyia longicornis(Hardy 1933)

Last updated April 29, 2022

Zosteromeigenia mima is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae and the sole representative of the genus Zosteromeigenia.^[3]^[4] Like the vast majority of tachinid flies, Z. mima is expected to be a parasitoid of other arthropods, likely the larvae of Lepidoptera, however few or no host records exist.

Identification

Z. mima is morphologically similar to a number of other flies in the tribe Blondeliini, namely those in the genus Trigonospila . Like Trigonospila, Z. mima is distinctive for the alternating black and white transverse bars on the thorax. There are two whitish bars on the thorax; one adjacent to the transverse suture, and the second adjacent to the scutellum. There may also be a white triangle on the tip of the scutellum, and the subscutellum is usually white. Abdominal colouration distinguishes Z. mima from Trigonospila; the abdomen is largely brown or fulvous-yellow on the sides of the abdomen with a broad black stripe extending along the dorsal surface of the abdomen, terminating about the fourth segment.^[2]^[1]

Z. mima is also easily distinguished from Trigonospila by other characters, including a heavy suffusion of black or brown along the wing margin, giving the appearance of a brown stripe adjacent to the wing margin and much longer antennae.^[2]^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. The United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541 . Retrieved 10 March 2015.
1 2 3 Hardy, G.M. (1934). "Notes on Australian Muscoidea (Calyptrata)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. The Royal Society of Queensland. 45: 30–37.
↑ Crosskey, R.W. (1973). "A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. London: British Museum (Natural History). Supplement 21: 1–221.
↑ 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 28 February 2022.

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[Townsend1919-1] 1 2 3 4 Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. The United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541 . Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[Hardy1934-2] 1 2 3 Hardy, G.M. (1934). "Notes on Australian Muscoidea (Calyptrata)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. The Royal Society of Queensland. 45: 30–37.

[Crosskey1973-3] Crosskey, R.W. (1973). "A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. London: British Museum (Natural History). Supplement 21: 1–221.

[OHara2020-4] 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 28 February 2022.

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