■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Oswaldia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863

OSWALDIA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863a: 840. Type species: Oswaldia muscaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (= Tachina muscaria Fallén, 1810), by original designation [Palearctic].
DEXODES Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889: 87, 128 (also 1890: 19, 60). Type species: Dexodes eggeri Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889, by original designation (under "gen. n., sp. n." rule, Article 68.2.1 of ICZN, 1999) [Palearctic].
PARADEXODES Townsend, 1908: 101. Type species: Paradexodes aurifrons Townsend, 1908, by original designation.
AUBAEANETIA Townsend, 1919c: 569 (also subsequently spelled Aubeanetia, in error). Type species: Aubaeanetia assimilis Townsend, 1919, by original designation.
PARAMEIGENIA Townsend, 1919c: 576. Type species: Paradexodes albifacies Townsend, 1908, by original designation.
METATACHINA Townsend, 1919c: 588. Type species: Metatachina mellifrons Townsend, 1919 (= Paradexodes aurifrons Townsend, 1908), by original designation.


albifacies (Townsend, 1908).– Ontario to New Brunswick, south to Maryland (S&A, 1965), Manitoba, Michigan (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Paradexodes albifacies Townsend, 1908: 102. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, White Mountains.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 405)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Parallelia bistriaris Hübner
Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
Loxostege mancalis (Lederer)

anorbitalis (Brooks, 1945).– Ontario, Québec, Maryland (S&A, 1965), Maine (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Aubaeanetia anorbitalis Brooks, 1945a: 96. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Alymer.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 405)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Parallelia bistriaris Hübner

assimilis (Townsend, 1919).– North Dakota to New Brunswick, south to Mississippi and Georgia (S&A, 1965), Manitoba (CNC).
– Aubaeanetia assimilis Townsend, 1919c: 570. Type data: holotype male [not female as cited by Townsend, 1940: 32] (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Franconia.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 405)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Parallelia bistriaris Hübner

aurifrons (Townsend, 1908).– Utah, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts (S&A, 1965), Maine (S&A, 1965, as mellifrons), Manitoba to Québec, also Texas (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Paradexodes aurifrons Townsend, 1908: 101. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, North Saugus.
– Metatachina mellifrons Townsend, 1919c: 588. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Maine, Sebago Lake.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 406)*
Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae
Nematus ventralis Say
Lepidoptera, Citheroniidae
Anisota senatoria J.E. Smith

conica (Reinhard, 1934).– Wisconsin (S&A, 1965), New York (CNC).
– Dexodes conica Reinhard, 1934b: 189. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Wisconsin, Madison.


minor (Curran, 1925).– Québec to Michigan and New Jersey, also Kansas, North Carolina (S&A, 1965), Ontario, Maryland (CNC), Missouri (FSCA), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Lydella minor Curran, 1925c: 283. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Covey Hill.


sartura (Reinhard, 1959).– Ohio, New York (S&A, 1965), North Carolina (CNC).
– Dexodes sartura Reinhard, 1959b: 234. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Babylon.


valida (Curran, 1927).– Wisconsin to Ontario, south to Ohio and Connecticut (S&A, 1965), Québec (CNC).
– Dexodes valida Curran, 1927a: 21. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Sudbury.


Oswaldia species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 406) for probably Oswaldia sp.*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Arzama obliqua (Walker)

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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