Prophorostoma

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

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| taxon = Prophorostoma

| authority = Townsend, 1927{{cite journal |last1=Townsend |first1=C.H.T. |title=Synopse dos generos muscoideos da regiao humida tropical da America, con generos e especies novas |journal=Revista do Museu Paulista |date=1927 |volume=15 |pages=203–385 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48484478#page/270/mode/1up |access-date=9 June 2023}}

| type_species = Prophorostoma pulchrum

| type_species_authority = Townsend, 1927

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Prophorostoma is a genus of 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=30 December 2023 |date=5 March 2020}}

Species

  • Prophorostoma pulchrum Townsend, 1927
  • Prophorostoma tomjobimi Nihei, 2006{{cite journal |last1=Nihei |first1=S.S. |last2=Pansonato |first2=M.P. |title=Revision of Prophorostoma Townsend, 1927 (Diptera, Tachinidae, Dexiinae), with the description of a new species |journal=Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |date=2006 |volume=46 |issue=21 |pages=239–244 |doi=10.1590/S0031-10492006002100001 |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/paz/a/CjBFk5DGjjqWDbdTBrz3Wsz/?format=pdf&lang=en |access-date=1 January 2024|doi-access=free }}

Distribution

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