Culcua
| Culcua | |
|---|---|
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| A Culcua species from India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Pachygastrinae |
| Genus: | Culcua Walker, 1856[1] |
| Type species | |
| Culcua simulans | |
Culcua is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.[2] that are found only in the Indomalayan realm. About eleven species have been described. They have a disc-shaped flagellum to the antenna and have a arista or hair arising from it. The scutellum typically has four strong spines and the abdomen is nearly spherical
Species[edit]
- Culcua albopilosa (Matsumura, 1916)[3]
- Culcua angustimarginata Yang, Zhang & Li, 2014[4]
- Culcua argentea Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua chaineyi Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua fasciata Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua immarginata Yang, Zhang & Li, 2014[4]
- Culcua kolibaci Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua kovaci Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua longispina Yang, Zhang & Li, 2014[4]
- Culcua nigra Brunetti, 1924[6]
- Culcua normani Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua ornans Rozkošný & Kozánek, 2007[5]
- Culcua simulans Walker, 1856[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Walker, Francis (1856). "Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 1 (3): 119. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00964.x.
- ^ Woodley, N.E. (2001). "A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)". Myia. 11: 1–462. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Matsumura, Shonen (1916). Thousand insects of Japan. Additamenta Vol. 2 (Diptera). Tokyo: Keisei-sha. pp. 185–474 + [4], pls. 16–25.
- ^ a b c Yang, D.; Zhang, T.T.; Li, Z. (2014). Stratiomyoidea of China. Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 870 pp.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rozkošný, R.; Kozanek, M. (2007). "A review of the Oriental Culcua with description of seven new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)". Insect Systematics and Evolution. 38: 35–50. doi:10.1163/187631207788784030.
- ^ Brunetti, E. (1924). "Nouvelles espèces de Stratiomyidae de l'Indo-Chine recueillies per M. R. Vitalis de Salvaza". Encyclopédie Entomologique, Série B, II, Diptera. 1: 67–71.