Formosia

Formosia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Tribe:	Rutiliini
Genus:	Formosia Guérin-Ménéville, 1843

Formosia is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae. There are more than 20 described species in Formosia.

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Formosia:

• Formosia atribasis (Walker, 1861)
• Formosia blattina (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia bracteata (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia callipygos Gerstaecker, 1860
• Formosia complicita (Walker, 1861)
• Formosia engeli (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia eos (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia excelsa (Walker, 1862)
• Formosia faceta (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia fervens (Walker, 1861)
• Formosia flavipennis (Macquart, 1848)
• Formosia fusca Crosskey, 1973
• Formosia gemmata (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia glorificans (Walker, 1861)
• Formosia heinrichiana (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia heinrothi (Enderlein, 1936)
• Formosia mirabilis (Guerin-Meneville, 1831)
• Formosia moneta Gerstaecker, 1860
• Formosia paupera Meijere, 1904
• Formosia saturatissima (Walker, 1861)
• Formosia smaragdina Malloch, 1929
• Formosia solomonicola Baranov, 1936
• Formosia speciosa (Erichson, 1842)
• Formosia viridiventris Crosskey, 1973

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
• O'Hara, James E. (2014). World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence, version 8 (PDF) (Report).
• O'Hara, James E.; Stireman, John O. III. "Tachinidae Resources". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (2004). Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 18. International Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-078-6. ISSN 1083-6284.