TACHINIDAE: Tachininae: Proscissionini: Bothrophora Schiner, 1868
Bothrophora zelebori Schiner, 1868 [= Musca lupina Swederus, 1787], orig. des.
Diagnosis
Characteristics of Bothrophora include: 1. Body size 15 – 20mm; 2. Face with deep antennal grooves separated by facial carina; 3. Bothrophora lupina resembles Protohystricia spp., but is lacking a fringe of hairs on stem vein.Distribution in NZ
North Island: AK, BP, GB, HB, ND, RI, TO, WI. South Island: BR, KA, MB, NC, NN, SD, WD, WN. (Undescribed species: CO, DN, MC, SL).
Species in New Zealand
Bothrophora lupina (Swederus, 1787); one undescribed species?.Biology and Hosts
UnknownCitation
Schnitzler F-R 2016. Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Bothrophorahttp://tachinidae.landcareresearch.co.nz
Accessed: 29 April 2024