''Zabrachia'' is a genus of soldier flies in the

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Stratiomyidae The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extan ...

. Adults can be distinguished from other

Pachygastrinae Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. Genera *'' Abiomyia'' Kertész, 1914 *'' Abrosiomyia'' Kertész, 1914 *'' Acanthinomyia'' Hunter, 1901 *'' Acyrocera'' Lindner, 1937 *'' Acyrocerops'' James, 1978 *'' Adraga' ...

by the fused R₄ and R₅ wing veins. Females have been collected during

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into pine wood, and

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are known to live under the bark of

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, including

lodgepole pine ''Pinus contorta'', with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America. It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine, ...

ponderosa pine ''Pinus ponderosa'', commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the ...

, and

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Oregon pine, and Columbian pine. There are three va ...

Species

*'' Zabrachia albipilum'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia annulifemur'' Brunetti, 1920 *'' Zabrachia barbata'' James, 1980 *'' Zabrachia beameri'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia hebicornutum'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia knowltoni'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia latigena'' James, 1980 *'' Zabrachia lopha'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia madagascariensis'' Lindner, 1959 *'' Zabrachia magnicornis''

Cresson ''Cresson'' is the French word for ''watercress''. It may refer to: ; Places * Battle of Cresson, a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, in what now is Israel, near Nazareth * Cresson, Pennsylvania, a United States borough * Cressona, Pennsylvania, ...

, 1919 *'' Zabrachia mexicana'' James, 1980 *'' Zabrachia minutissima'' (

Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...

, 1838) *''

Zabrachia occidentalis ''Zabrachia'' is a genus of soldier fly, soldier flies in the family (biology), family Stratiomyidae. Adults can be distinguished from other Pachygastrinae by the fused R4 and R5 Insect wing#Venation, wing veins. Females have been collected durin ...

'' Rozkošný & Báez, 1983 *'' Zabrachia parvum'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia plicatum'' Kraft & Cook, 1961 *'' Zabrachia polita''

Coquillett Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientifi ...

, 1901 *'' Zabrachia pusilla'' James, 1980 *'' Zabrachia stoichoides'' James, 1965 *'' Zabrachia tenella'' ( Jaennicke, 1866) *'' Zabrachia yuccae'' James, 1965

References

Stratiomyidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Daniel William Coquillett Diptera of Asia Diptera of Europe Diptera of North America {{Stratiomyidae-stub