Download or read book A Taxonomic Conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae) written by D. M. Wood and published by Ottawal: Entomological Society of Canada. This book was released on 1985 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The species of the tribe blondeliini of North and Central America and the west Indies (including Trinidad) are grouped into 55 genera. Included is an illustrated key to thje genera, a diagnosis of each genus, a list of all generic synonyms, and a taxonomic catalogue of all species recorded from these regions, including their new World synonyms. Type status, type locality, and depository of primary type material is given for each nominal species. One hundred and seventy-seven new generic-level synonyms, 67 new species-level synonyms, and 321 new combinations are proposed. Didyma fuliginipennis Wulp, belonging to the tribe Eryciini, was assigned to the genus ametadoria (see under lectotype designation of didyma volucris Wulp). Three new species are described: ligeria latigena n. sp. from Yukon; Policheta crassisetosa n. sp., from Oregon; and Steleoneura novemmaculata n. sp. from Yukon, Banks Island, and Vitoria Island. Lectotypes are designated for 39 nomial species.