''Aphantorhaphopsis'' is a genus of
flies
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in the family
Tachinidae
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.
Some consider this to be a subgenus of ''
Siphona'', most European workers seem content that this is a genus in its own right.
They are known from the
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
,
Afrotropical
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and
Oriental
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regions.
Species
*''
A. alticola''
(Mesnil, 1953)
*''
A. angustifrons''
( Malloch, 1930)
*''
A. brunnescens''
(Villeneuve
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* Villeneuve (surname)
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Australia
* Villeneuve, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region
Canada
* Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a Formula One racetrack in Montréal
* Villeneuv ...
, 1921)
*''
A. crassulata''
(Mesnil, 1953)
*''
A. fera''
(Mesnil, 1954)
*''
A. laboriosa''
(Mesnil, 1957)
*''
A. laticornis''
( Malloch, 1930
*''
A. nigronitens''
(Mesnil, 1954)
*''
A. norma''
( Malloch, 1929)
*''
A. orientalis''
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*Camp Townsend, National Guard training base in Peekskill, New York
*Townsend, Delaware
*Townsend, Georgia
*Townsend, Massachusetts, a New England town
**Townsend ( ...
, 1926
*''
A. perispoliata''
(Mesnil, 1953) (Synonym: ''A. mallochiana''
(Gardner, 1940))
*''
A. picturata''
(Mesnil, 1977)
*''
A. pudica''
(Mesnil, 1954)
*''
A. samarensis''
(Villeneuve
Villeneuve, LaVilleneuve or deVilleneuve may refer to:
People
* Villeneuve (surname)
Places
Australia
* Villeneuve, Queensland, a town in the Somerset Region
Canada
* Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a Formula One racetrack in Montréal
* Villeneuv ...
, 1921)
*''
A. selangor''
( Malloch, 1930
*''
A. selecta''
( Pandellé, 1894)
*''
A. siphonoides''
(Strobl
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, 1898)
*''
A. speciosa''
(Mesnil, 1954)
*''
A. starkei''
(Mesnil, 1952)
*''
A. verralli''
(Wainwright, 1928)
*''
A. xanthosoma''
(Mesnil, 1954)
References
Tachininae
Tachinidae genera
Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
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