■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Cryptomeigenia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891

CRYPTOMEIGENIA Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 7 (also 1892: 311). Type species: Cryptomeigenia setifacies Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891, by monotypy [Neotropical].
EMPHANOPTERYX Townsend, 1892a: 120. Type species: Emphanopteryx eumyothyroides Townsend, 1892 (= Tachina theutis Walker, 1849), by original designation.
EUMYOTHYRIA Townsend, 1892a: 121. Type species: Eumyothyria illinoiensis Townsend, 1892, by original designation.
MEIGENIELLA Coquillett, 1902b: 104. Type species: Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902, by original designation.


brimleyi Reinhard, 1947.– North Carolina, Georgia (S&A, 1965).
– Cryptomeigenia brimleyi Reinhard, 1947: 17. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Raleigh.


conica (Harris, 1835).
– Tachina conica Harris, 1835: 599. Nomen nudum.


crassipalpis Reinhard, 1947.– New York (S&A, 1965).
– Cryptomeigenia crassipalpis Reinhard, 1947: 18. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: USA, New York, Long Island, Babylon.


demylus (Walker, 1849).– Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, New York, Georgia (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Tachina menapis Walker, 1849: 769. Type data: holotype female (BMNH). Type locality: North America (published as Upsala, Sweden, in error).
– Tachina demylus Walker, 1849: 779. Type data: holotype male (BMNH) (not found by Townsend, 1931a: 172, but examined by Wood, 1985: 34). Type locality: North America (as "North America?").
– Dexia pedestris Walker, 1853: 313. Type data: holotype female [not male as published] (BMNH). Type locality: United States.
– Cryptomeigenia ontario Curran, 1926d: 159. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario.


dubia Curran, 1926.– Ontario (S&A, 1965), Washington, Texas, Ohio, New Jersey (CNC).
– Cryptomeigenia dubia Curran, 1926d: 164. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Point Pelee.


flavibasis Curran, 1927.– Illinois (S&A, 1965).
– Cryptomeigenia flavibasis Curran, 1927c: 145. Type data: holotype female (INHS). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Meredoria.


hinei (Coquillett, 1902).– Ohio (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan to New Brunswick, Illinois (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902b: 104. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Ohio, Hanging Rock.


illinoiensis (Townsend, 1892).– Illinois (S&A, 1965), Nebraska, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana (CNC).
– Eumyothyria illinoiensis Townsend, 1892a: 122 (also subsequently spelled illinoisensis, in error). Type data: holotype female [not ?male as published] (SEMK). Type locality: USA, Illinois, Carlinville.


muscoides Curran, 1926.– Manitoba (S&A, 1965), Texas, Ontario, Québec, Minnesota, Michigan, New York (CNC).
– Cryptomeigenia muscoides Curran, 1926d: 157. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, Aweme.


nigripes Curran, 1926.– Ontario (S&A, 1965), Oregon, Texas, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, New York (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Cryptomeigenia nigripes Curran, 1926d: 162. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Bothwell.


nigripilosa Curran, 1926.– British Columbia (S&A, 1965), California (CNC).
– Cryptomeigenia nigripilosa Curran, 1926d: 161. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Lillooet.


ochreigaster Curran, 1926.– Manitoba (S&A, 1965).
– Cryptomeigenia ochreigaster Curran, 1926d: 165. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, Aweme.


simplex Curran, 1926.– Québec (S&A, 1965), Michigan (CNC).
– Cryptomeigenia simplex Curran, 1926d: 163. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Hull.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 170)*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga spp.

theutis (Walker, 1849).– Nova Scotia (S&A, 1965), Manitoba to Nova Scotia, south to Texas and South Carolina (CNC).
– Tachina theutis Walker, 1849: 778. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Tachina prisca Walker, 1849: 780. Type data: holotype male (BMNH). Type locality: Canada, Nova Scotia.
– Emphanopteryx eumyothyroides Townsend, 1892a: 121. Type data: holotype female [not ?male as published] (SEMK). Type locality: USA, New York, Ithaca.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 170), as Cryptomeigenia prisca (Walker)*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
May beetle(-s)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 170)*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard), Phyllophaga crenulata (Frölich), Phyllophaga futilis (LeConte), Phyllophaga implicita (Horn), Phyllophaga inversa (Horn), Phyllophaga rugosa (Melsheimer), Phyllophaga spp.

triangularis Curran, 1926.– Québec (S&A, 1965), British Columbia to New Brunswick, also Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts (CNC), Virginia (WVU).
– Cryptomeigenia triangularis Curran, 1926d: 160. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Aylmer, Queen's Park.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 171)*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga spp. (including P. anxia (LeConte) and/or P. fusca (Frölich))

Cryptomeigenia species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 171) for Cryptomeigenia spp.*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte), Phyllophaga spp.
Hymenoptera, Diprionidae
Diprionid spp. (including Diprion spp. and/or Neodiprion spp.)

Reference:


Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.


*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.

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