■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus AMETADORIA Townsend, 1927

AMETADORIA Townsend, 1927: 276. Type species: Ametadoria unispinosa Townsend, 1927, by original designation [Neotropical].


harrisinae (Coquillett, 1897).– Ohio, New York, California to Texas, Mexico, Florida (S&A, 1965), Idaho, Maryland (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Sturmia harrisinae Coquillett, 1897: 111. Type data: holotype female (not found in USNM by DMW in 1998). Type locality: United States. Type host: Harrisina americana (Guérin-Méneville), Zygaenidae.
– Erycia tuxedo Curran, 1930b: 102. Type data: holotype male (AMNH). Type locality: USA, New York, Tuxedo, Station for the Study of Insects.
– Masicera unispinosa Reinhard, 1930b: 199. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 476), as Sturmia harrisinae Coquillett*
Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae
Harrisina americana (Guérin-Méneville), Harrisina brillians Barnes & McDunnough
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 477) for probably harrisinae Coquillett, as probably Sturmia harrisinae Coquillett*
Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae
Acoloithus sp., Harrisina americana (Guérin-Méneville), Harrisina brillians Barnes & McDunnough, Harrisina spp.
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 477) for sp. near harrisinae Coquillett, as Sturmia sp. near harrisinae Coquillett*
Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae
Harrisina americana (Guérin-Méneville)

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.

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