ZAIRA Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 150. Type species: Zaira agrestis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= Tachina cinerea Fallén, 1810), by monotypy [Palearctic].
FABRICIA Meigen, 1838: 250 (junior homonym of Fabricia de Blainville, 1828). Type species: Tachina pacta Meigen, 1824 (= Tachina cinerea Fallén, 1810), by monotypy [Palearctic].
SITOPHAGA Gistel, 1848: ix (nomen novum for Fabricia Meigen, 1838).
BIOMYA Rondani, 1856: 72 (also subsequently spelled Biomyia, unjustified emendation). Type species: Tachina pacta Meigen, 1824 (= Tachina cinerea Fallén, 1810), by subsequent designation of Sabrosky & Arnaud, 1965: 1048 (Biomya was proposed without included species but was later synonymized with Viviania Rondani, a new name for Fabricia Meigen) [Palearctic].
VIVIANIA Rondani, 1861a: 48, 53 (nomen novum for Fabricia Meigen, 1838; spelled Viviana by Rondani, 1861a: 48, in error).
PSEUDATRACTOCERA Townsend, 1892a: 107. Type species: Pseudatractocera neomexicana Townsend, 1892, by original designation.
EUBIOMYIA Townsend, 1916h: 74 (also subsequently spelled Eubiomya, in error). Type species: Eubiomyia calosomae Townsend, 1916 (published as Pseudatractocera calosomae Coquillett, 1897: 82, nomen nudum), by original designation.
THEMATHECA Reinhard, 1961: 207. Type species: Thematheca medeola Reinhard, 1961, by original designation.
NEARCHUS Reinhard, 1964b: 46. Type species: Nearchus duplaris Reinhard, 1964, by original designation.
angustifrons (Reinhard, 1930).– Texas, Florida, Cuba (S&A, 1965).
– Viviania angustifrons Reinhard, 1930a: 104. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
arrisor (Reinhard, 1959).– California (S&A, 1965), Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico (CNC).
– Viviania arrisor Reinhard, 1959a: 157. Type data: holotype male (CAS). Type locality: USA, California, Mono County, Topaz Lake.
aurigera (Coquillett, 1895).– Mississippi, Florida (S&A, 1965), South Carolina, Arizona (CNC).
– Masiphya aurigera Coquillett, 1895a: 309. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Florida.
– Viviania pedita Reinhard, 1959a: 158. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Florida, Lake Placid.
calosomae (Townsend, 1916).– New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, New Mexico, Vermont, New Jersey (CNC).
– Pseudatractocera calosomae Coquillett in Burgess, 1897: 431 (also published in Coquillett, 1897: 82). Nomen nudum.
– Eubiomyia calosomae Townsend, 1916h: 74 (published as Pseudatractocera calosomae Coquillett, 1897: 82). Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Amherst (not Malden, Massachusetts as cited by Townsend, 1940: 125). Type host: Calosoma calidum (Fabricius), Carabidae.
– Lydella obscura Curran, 1925c: 285. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia, Truro.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 464), as Sitophaga calosomae (Townsend)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Carabidae | |||
| Calosoma calidum Fabricius, Calosoma frigidum Kirby, Calosoma peregrinator Guérin-Méneville, Calosoma sycophanta Linnaeus, Calosoma willcoxi LeConte, Carabus nemoralis Müller | |||
duplaris (Reinhard, 1964).– Wyoming, New Mexico (Reinhard, 1964), Arizona, Ontario, Québec, Georgia (CNC).
– Nearchus duplaris Reinhard, 1964b: 46. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Wyoming, Cody.
eleodivora (Walton, 1918).– Nebraska (S&A, 1965), California, Arizona, Saskatchewan (CNC).
– Biomyia eleodivora Walton, 1918: 25. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Nebraska, Holdrege (as Holdredge in original description and as Holdridge in Wood, 1985: 91, both in error). Type host: Eleodes tricostatus (Say), Tenebrionidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 464), as Sitophaga eleodivora (Walton)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae | |||
| Eleodes tricostata (Say) | |||
georgiae (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891).– Kansas to New York and Connecticut, south to Texas and Florida (S&A, 1965), Oregon, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico (CNC).
– Viviania georgiae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 8 (also 1892: 312). Type data: holotype female (NHMW). Type locality: USA, Georgia.
– Viviania lachnosternae Townsend, 1908: 106. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Urbana. Type host: "supposed to have bred in Lachnosterna adults [Scarabaeidae]."
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 465), as Sitophaga georgiae (Brauer & Bergenstamm)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Carabidae | |||
| Calosoma calidum Fabricius, Calosoma frigidum Kirby, Calosoma peregrinator Guérin-Méneville, Calosoma sycophanta Linnaeus, Calosoma spp. | |||
| Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae | |||
| Phyllophaga crenulata (Frölich), Phyllophaga spp. | |||
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 466) for probably georgiae (Brauer & Bergenstamm)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Carabidae | |||
| Calosoma calidum Fabricius, Calosoma sycophanta Linnaeus | |||
lateralis (Curran, 1925).– British Columbia (S&A, 1965).
– Lydella laterale Curran, 1925c: 284. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Lillooet.
leechi (Curran, 1932).– British Columbia (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Washington, Utah (CNC).
– Erycia leechi Curran, 1932a: 12. Type data: lectotype male (AMNH), by designation of Arnaud, 1963c: 113. Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Vernon. Type host: Carabus taedatus Fabricius, Carabidae.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 466), as Sitophaga leechi (Curran)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Carabidae | |||
| Carabus taedatus taedatus Fabricius | |||
medeola (Reinhard, 1961).– Arizona, Mexico (CNC).
– Thematheca medeola Reinhard, 1961: 208. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, Tehuantepec.
mutabilis (Coquillett, 1904).– Nevada (S&A, 1965).
– Biomya mutabilis Coquillett in Baker, 1904: 37. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Nevada, Ormsby County.
neomexicana (Townsend, 1892).– Washington, Idaho, Kansas, California to Texas (S&A, 1965).
– Pseudatractocera neomexicana Townsend, 1892a: 108. Type data: lectotype male (SEMK), by designation of Wood, 1985: 103 (mention by Townsend, 1940: 149, of "Ht male" is not regarded as a lectotype fixation because the specimen in question cannot be distinguished from among the 3 remaining males in the type series in SEMK). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Las Cruces.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 466), as Sitophaga neomexicana (Townsend)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae | |||
| Serica serotina LeConte | |||
nocturnalis (Reinhard, 1930).– Texas, Arkansas (S&A, 1965).
– Viviania nocturnalis Reinhard, 1930a: 104. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.
| Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 466), as Sitophaga nocturnalis (Reinhard)* | |||
| Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae | |||
| Phyllophaga spp. | |||
sordicolor (Townsend, 1891).– Nebraska to New York, south to Arkansas and South Carolina (S&A, 1965), Ontario (CNC).
– Masicera sordicolor Townsend, 1891b: 359. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Carlinville.
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.
