''Leschenaultia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It may be

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with the genus '' Harrisia'', but the type material of ''Harrisia'' has been lost, hindering comparisons. ''Leschenaultia'' comprises 32 species, distributed across

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Species

*'' L. adusta'' ( Loew, 1872) – United States ( California, Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (

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Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

) *'' L. aldrichi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( São Paulo, Santa Catarina) *'' L. americana'' ( Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1893) – Canada ( British Columbia, Alberta), United States ( Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, Arizona) *'' L. arnaudi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 –

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*'' L. barbarae'' Toma, 2008 – Venezuela *'' L. bergenstammi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( Santa Catarina), Peru (

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) *'' L. bessi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( São Paulo, Santa Catarina) *'' L. bicolor'' ( Macquart, 1846) – Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina *'' L. bigoti'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico,

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, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil *'' L. blanchardi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Ecuador *'' L. braueri'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil *'' L. brooksi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico, Panama, Peru, Brazil *'' L. ciliata'' ( Macquart, 1848) –

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(

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) *'' L. coquilletti'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( Santa Catarina) *'' L. cortesi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Venezuela,

*'' L. currani'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( São Paulo, Santa Catarina) *'' L. exul'' (Townsend, 1892) – Canada ( Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick), United States ( Maine,

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, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland) *'' L. fulvipes'' ( Bigot, 1887) – Canada ( British Columbia, Saskatchewan), United States ( Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) *'' L. grossa'' Brooks, 1947 – United States ( Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico) *'' L. halisidotae'' Brooks, 1947 – Canada ( British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), United States ( Minnesota, Maine,

, Massachusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Arizona) *'' L. hospita'' Reinhard, 1952 – Mexico (

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, Oaxaca,

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), United States ( New Mexico) *'' L. hystrix'' (Townsend, 1915) – Peru ( Matucana) *'' L. jurinioides'' (Townsend, 1895) – Jamaica *'' L. leucophrys'' (

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, 1830) – Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador,

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, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil *'' L. loewi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico ( Veracruz) *'' L. macquarti'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States ( Arizona) *'' L. montagna'' (Townsend, 1912) – Peru *'' L. nuda'' Thompson, 1963 – Trinidad *'' L. reinhardi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Canada ( British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec), United States ( Oregon, Idaho, Ohio, California, Tennessee) *'' L. sabroskyi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States ( California, Arizona) *'' L. schineri'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – United States ( Oregon, California, Idaho) *'' L. thompsoni'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico ( Mexico City,

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

) *'' L. townsendi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Mexico (

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) One species, '' L. nigrisquamis'' (Townsend, 1892), was not examined in the most recent

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of the genus, because the type material is missing, and two former species were not recognised: *'' L. trichopsis'' ( Bigot, 1887) *'' L. hirta''

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, 1830

References

Exoristinae Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy {{Exoristinae-stub