''Lophosia fasciata'' is a
Europe
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an
species
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of
fly
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in the
family
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Tachinidae. It is the
type species
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of the genus
Lophosia
''Lophosia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Species
*'' L. aenescens'' ( Malloch, 1931)
*'' L. angusticauda'' (Townsend, 1927)
*'' L. atra'' (Townsend, 1926)
*'' L. bicincta'' (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
*'' L. caudalis'' Sun, 1996 ...
.
References
Phasiinae
Diptera of Europe
Insects described in 1824
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