ACEMYA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 202 (also subsequently spelled Acemyia, unjustified emendation). Type species: Acemya oblonga Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Tachina acuticornis Meigen, 1824), by subsequent designation of Desmarest, 1849a: 318 (see Evenhuis & Thompson, 1990: 232) [Palearctic].
HEMITHRIXION Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 53 (also 1892: 357). Type species: Hemithrixion oestriforme Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by monotypy.
EUACEMYIA Townsend, 1912c: 163. Type species: Acemyia tibialis Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.
COQUILLETTINA Walton, 1915b: 104. Type species: Coquillettina plankii Walton, 1915, by original designation.
favilla Reinhard, 1974.– Wyoming, South Dakota, Ohio, Illinois (Reinhard, 1974), Alberta (CNC).
– Acemya favilla Reinhard, 1974: 1155. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: USA, Wyoming, Bondurant.
masurius (Walker, 1849).– "North America," unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Tachina masurius Walker, 1849: 753. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: North America.
oestriforme (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891).– British Columbia to Manitoba, south to Texas (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Mississippi (CNC).
– Hemithrixion oestriforme Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 53 (also 1892: 357). Type data: holotype male (NHMW). Type locality: USA, Colorado.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 280), as Hemithrixion oestriforme Brauer & Bergenstamm* | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Boopedon nubilum (Say), Camnula pellucida (Scudder), Melanoplus bivittatus (Say), Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) | |||
plankii (Walton, 1915).– Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey (S&A, 1965).
– Coquillettina plankii Walton, 1915b: 105. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Jersey, Pasadena. Type host: "grasshopper."
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 280), as Hemithrixion plankii (Walton)* | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Grasshopper(-s) | |||
tibialis Coquillett, 1897.– British Columbia to Québec, south to California and Texas (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Labrador (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Acemyia tibialis Coquillett, 1897: 116. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 50)* | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Melanoplus bivittatus (Say), Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer), Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) | |||
Acemya species
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 281) for probably Acemya sp., as probably Hemithrixion sp.* | |||
| Orthoptera, Acrididae | |||
| Dissosteira spurcata Saussure | |||
Reference:
Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.
*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.
