Zelia

For other uses, see Zelia (disambiguation).

Zelia
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Subfamily:	Dexiinae
Tribe:	Dexiini
Genus:	Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Type species
Zelia rostrata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Synonyms
Euzelia Townsend, 1915[2] Leptoda Wulp, 1885[3] Melaleuca Wulp, 1891[4] Metadexia Coquillett, 1899[5] Minthozelia Townsend, 1919[6] Opsozelia Townsend, 1919

Zelia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species in this genus occur exclusively in the Americas. [7]

Species

• Zelia argentosa (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia discalis (Townsend, 1919)[6]
• Zelia formosa Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia formosa Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia gracilis (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia guimaraesi Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia guimaraesi Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia limbata (Wiedemann, 1830)[10]
• Zelia magna Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia magna Dios & Santis, 2019[9]
• Zelia metalis (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia mira (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia montana (Townsend, 1919)[6]
• Zelia nitens (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia peruviana (Brèthes, 1920)
• Zelia picta (Bigot, 1889)[11]
• Zelia plumosa (Wiedemann, 1830)[10]
• Zelia potens (Wiedemann, 1830)[10]
• Zelia ruficauda (Reinhard, 1946)[8]
• Zelia rufina (Bigot, 1885)[12]
• Zelia semirufa (Wulp, 1891)[13]
• Zelia spectabilis (Wulp, 1891)[14]
• Zelia tricolor (Coquillett, 1899)[5]
• Zelia vertebrata (Say, 1829)[15][16]
• Zelia wildermuthii Walton, 1914[17]
• Zelia zonata (Coquillett, 1895)[18]

References

1. Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. Townsend, C.H.T. (1915). "Proposal of new muscoid genera for old species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 28: 19–23. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. Wulp, F.M. van der (1885). "Langwerpige Dexinen-vormen". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 28: 189–200, 1 pl. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
4. Wulp, F.M. van der (1891). "Fam. Muscidae [part]". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera. 2: 209–224. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
5. Coquillett, D.W. (1899). "New genera and species of Dexidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 7: 218–222. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
6. Townsend, C.H.T. (1919). "New genera and species of muscoid flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2301): 541–592. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.2301.541. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
7. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
8. Reinhard, H.J. (1946). "The genus Minthozelia in the United States, (Diptera, Tachinidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 19: 52–59.
9. Dios, R.V.P.; Santis, M.D. de (2019). "A new synonym for Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae), the genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919, with the description of three new species". ZooKeys (880): 113–133. Bibcode:2019ZooK..880..113D. doi:10.3897/zookeys.880.35482. PMC 6803352. PMID 31649485. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
10. Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
11. Bigot, J. M. F. (1889). "Dipteres nouveaux ou peu connus. 34e partie, XLII: Diagnoses de nouvelles especes". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 253–270.
12. Bigot, J.M.F. (1885). "[Diagnoses de deux genres nouveaux de Diptères du groupe des Dexiaires]". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1885 (3): xxv–xxvi.
13. Wulp, F.M. van der (1891). "Fam. Muscidae [part]". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera. 2: 249–264. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
14. Wulp, F.M. van der (1891). "Fam. Muscidae [part]". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera. 2: 225–248.
15. Say, T. (1829). "Descriptions of North American dipterous insects". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 149–178. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
16. Say, T. (1830). "Descriptions of North American dipterous insects". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 183–188. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
17. Walton, W.R. (1914). "Report on some parasitic and predaceous Diptera from northeastern New Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 48 (2070): 171–186, 2 pls. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.48-2070.171. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
18. Coquillett, D.W. (1895). "With descriptions of new genera and species, pp. 307-319. In Johnson, C.W., Diptera of Florida". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1895: 303–340.