''Adejeania'' is a

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of tachinid flies from the

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. While most species are found in South America, ''A. vexatrix'' occurs from Mexico up to

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. The genus name is an alteration of '' Dejeania'', meaning "not ''Dejeania''". Other tachinid genera from the same root are '' Eudejeania'', '' Paradejeania'' and '' Protodejeania''.

Species

*'' Adejeania analis'' ( Macquart, 1844) (Colombia) *'' Adejeania andina'' ( Townsend, 1912) (Peru) *'' Adejeania anduzei''

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, 1947 (Venezuela) *'' Adejeania armata'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) (Cuba) *'' Adejeania aurea'' ( Giglio-Tos, 1893) (Mexico) *'' Adejeania bicaudata''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania biornata''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania brasiliensis'' (

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, 1830) (Brazil) *'' Adejeania brevihirta''

, 1947 (Venezuela) *'' Adejeania brevirostris''

, 1947 (Mexico) *'' Adejeania browni''

, 1947 (Ecuador, Colombia) *'' Adejeania conclusa''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania corpulenta'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) (Mexico) *'' Adejeania grandis'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania honesta'' ( Rondani, 1851) (Ecuador) *'' Adejeania lopesi'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania magalhaesi'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania marginalis''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania nigrothoracica'' (Vimmer & Soukup, 1940) (Peru) *'' Adejeania palpalis''

, 1947 (Panama) *'' Adejeania pellucens'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania rubropilosa'' Guimarães, 1973 (Ecuador) *'' Adejeania rufipalpis'' ( Macquart, 1844) (Mexico) *'' Adejeania sabroskyi'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania saetigera'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania spiniventris'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania spinosa'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania thompsoni'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania townsendi''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania tridens''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania uniformis''

, 1947 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania verrugana'' ( Townsend, 1914) (Peru) *'' Adejeania vexatrix'' (

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, 1877) (British Columbia to Montana, South to California and New Mexico, Mexico) *'' Adejeania wygodzinskyi'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania xanthopilosa'' Guimarães, 1966 (Brazil) *'' Adejeania ypsilon''

, 1947 (Brazil)

References

Tachininae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of South America Diptera of North America {{tachininae-stub