Neotachina
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Neotachina is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=1 July 2023 |date=5 March 2020}} The four known species in this genus were collected in New Zealand in 1938 and described by Scottish entomologist John Russell Malloch.{{cite book |last1=Evenhuis |first1=Neal L. |title=Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions, Volume 86 |date=1989 |publisher=Bishop Museum Press |location=Hawaii |pages=757}}
Diagnosis
This genus keys out together with Chaetopletha, Phaoniella, Platytachina, Plethochaetigera, and Tachineo. It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.
Species
- Neotachina angusticornis Malloch, 1938
- Neotachina depressa Malloch, 1938
- Neotachina laticornis Malloch, 1938
- Neotachina obtusa Malloch, 1938
References
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Category:Endemic insects of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by John Russell Malloch
Category:Diptera of New Zealand
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