Genus Dichocera, Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

Genus Dichocera Williston, 1895

DICHOCERA Williston, 1895: 31. Type species: Dichocera lyrata Williston, 1895, by monotypy.
NEODICHOCERA Walton, 1914a: 184. Type species: Neodichocera tridens Walton, 1914 (= Dichocera orientalis Coquillett, 1897), by original designation.
DICHOCEROPSIS Townsend, 1916c: 178. Type species: Dichocera orientalis Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.
CACOZELUS Reinhard, 1943a: 168. Type species: Cacozelus riederi Reinhard, 1943, by original designation.
METAMYIA Arnaud, 1963b: 2. Type species: Metamyia dichoceroides Arnaud, 1963, by original designation.

auranticauda (Arnaud, 1963).– California (O'Hara, 2002).
– Metamyia auranticauda Arnaud, 1963b: 10. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, California, Lake County, Upper Lake (light trap).

dichoceroides (Arnaud, 1963).– California (O'Hara, 2002).
– Metamyia dichoceroides Arnaud, 1963b: 4. Type data: holotype male (AMNH). Type locality: USA, California, San Mateo County, near Portola, Corte de Madera Creek.

latifrons O'Hara, 2002.– Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico (O'Hara, 2002).
– Dichocera latifrons O'Hara, 2002: 42. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Roswell.

lyrata Williston, 1895.– British Columbia to New Hampshire south to southern California and North Carolina (O'Hara, 2002).
– Dichocera lyrata Williston, 1895: 32. Type data: lectotype male (USNM) (depository cited as SEMK by Townsend, 1939a: 326, in error), by fixation of Townsend, 1939a: 326 (mention of "Ht male" is regarded as a lectotype fixation). Type locality: USA, Idaho, Moscow.
– Dichocera robusta Brooks, 1945a: 80. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Taber.

orientalis Coquillett, 1897.– Widespread throughout the United States, also southern Ontario, southern Québec, Mexico (O'Hara, 2002).
– Dichocera orientalis Coquillett, 1897: 138. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Beverly.
– Neodichocera tridens Walton, 1914a: 185. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Colfax County, Koehler.

riederi (Reinhard, 1943).– Washington, Oregon (O'Hara, 2002).
– Cacozelus riederi Reinhard, 1943a: 168. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Oregon, Marion County, Breitenbush.