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Genus Acantholespesia

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Exoristinae
Tribe Eryciini
Genus Acantholespesia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly part of a very broad definition of Phorocera.
Explanation of Names
Acantholespesia Wood 1987
Acantho- 'spiny' + Lespesia (a related genus)
Numbers
3 spp. total, all in our area(1)(2)
Range
Southern North America
Remarks
Acantholespesia was proposed by Wood (1987(3)) in a key to genera of Tachinidae for three species "all reared from stem-boring larvae of Cossidae, Megathymidae, Pyralidae, and Noctuidae".
Works Cited
1.O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0
2.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
3.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.