Phasmophaga

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Phasmophaga

| authority = Townsend, 1909{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=Charles Henry Tyler |title=Descriptions of some new Tachinidae |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |date=1909 |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=243‑250 |doi=10.1093/aesa/2.4.243 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9949224#page/273/mode/1up |access-date=10 January 2021|doi-access=free }}

| type_species = Phasmophaga antennalis

| type_species_authority = Townsend, 1909

| display_parents= 2

| synonyms = *Phasmovora Cortés, 1968

}}

Phasmophaga is a genus of parasitic 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=28 February 2022 |date=5 March 2020}}{{cite web | url = http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/OHara2004Tachinidae.pdf | title = Checklist Of The Tachinidae (Diptera) Of America North Of Mexico | first = James E. | last = O'Hara |author2=Wood, D. Monty | date = 28 January 2004 | publisher = Biodiversidad de Nicaragua | location = Nicaragua | pages = 1–42 }}{{Cite web |title=World Genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their Regional Occurrence |author=James E. O'Hara |date=December 31, 2008 |accessdate=August 1, 2010 |version=Version 4.0 |publisher=University of Guelph |url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/nadsfly/Tach/Genera/Gentach_ver4.pdf }}

Species

  • Phasmophaga americana (Coquillett, 1897){{cite journal|last1=Coquillett|first1=D.W.|title=Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects|journal=Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture|date=1897|volume=7|page=156 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/164479#page/3/mode/1up |access-date=28 March 2022}}
  • Phasmophaga antennalis Townsend, 1909
  • Phasmophaga floridensis (Greene, 1934)
  • Phasmophaga meridionalis Townsend, 1909
  • Phasmophaga phasmophagae (Cortés, 1968){{cite journal |last1=Cortés |first1=R. |title=Taquinidos chilenos (Dipt., Tachinidae) parasitos de phasmidos (Phasmoidea) |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción |date=1968 |volume=40 [1965–1966] |pages=101–111}}

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