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Species Cordyligaster septentrionalis

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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 Dexiinae
Tribe Sophiini
Genus Cordyligaster
Species septentrionalis (Cordyligaster septentrionalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cordyligaster septentrionalis (Townsend, 1909)
Explanation of Names
Latin septentrionalis 'northern'(1). (The Latin word refers to the seven stars of the constellation Ursa major, the Big Dipper)
Identification
Apparently, fairly distinctive, as the only member of its genus. Note the elongated abdomen and the bold silver stripes.
Abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 elongate and strongly constricted to form a cylindrical petiole[cite:167753]
Range
se. US (PA-KS south to FL-LA)(2)
Season
May-Aug in NC
Remarks
Brimley, p. 367 of Insects of North Carolina apparently lists as "Eucordyligaster minuscula V. d. W." from Raleigh, North Carolina (3), May-August(?). Taxonomy should be checked--not sure if this is the same taxon. (PC, a.k.a. Cotinis--1/22/11).
Print References
Borror, entry for septentrion, -al (1)
Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 2, p. 1249 [cite:167753]
Internet References
Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico--(Genus CORDYLIGASTER Macquart, 1844) (2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.