■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Graphogaster Rondani, 1868

GRAPHOGASTER Rondani, 1868: 46 (also 1868: 86). Type species: Graphogaster vestita Rondani, 1868, by original designation [Palearctic].
PSALIDOPTERYX Townsend, 1916f: 21. Type species: Psalidopteryx slossonae Townsend, 1916, by original designation.
NEOPSALIDOPTERYX Brooks, 1942: 142. Type species: Clistomorpha alberta Curran, 1927, by original designation.


alaskensis (Brooks, 1942).– Alaska (S&A, 1965).
– Psalidopteryx alaskensis Brooks, 1942: 148. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Alaska, Valdez (published as Valdex, in error).


alberta (Curran, 1927).– Washington, Alberta, Utah (S&A, 1965), Yukon, Northwest Territories, Idaho, California (CNC).
– Clistomorpha alberta Curran, 1927b: 298. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Slave Lake.


brunnea (Brooks, 1942).– British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wisconsin (S&A, 1965), Nevada (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx brunnea Brooks, 1942: 147. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Lethbridge.


deceptor (Curran, 1927).– British Columbia, Washington, Utah, Colorado (S&A, 1965), Idaho, Ontario (CNC).
– Clistomorpha deceptor Curran, 1927b: 298. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Hedley.


fuscisquamis (Brooks, 1942).– Alberta (S&A, 1965).
– Psalidopteryx fuscisquamis Brooks, 1942: 149. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Waterton.


grandis (Brooks, 1942).– Washington, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado (S&A, 1965), Nevada, Manitoba (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx grandis Brooks, 1942: 149. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Wyoming,Yellowstone Park, Old Faithful.


macdunnoughi (Brooks, 1942).– Prince Edward Island (S&A, 1965), Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland (CNC), West Virginia (WVU).
– Psalidopteryx macdunnoughi Brooks, 1942: 146. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Prince Edward Island, Alberton. Type host: Scythris sp., Scythrididae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 444), as Psalidopteryx macdunnoughi Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Scythridae
Scythris epilobiella McDunnough, Scythris sp.

nuda (Brooks, 1942).– British Columbia (S&A, 1965).
– Psalidopteryx nuda Brooks, 1942: 147. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver. Type host: ?Epinotia radicana (Heinrich) [published as ?Griselda radicana], Tortricidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 444), as Psalidopteryx nuda Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae
Griselda radicana (Walsingham) probably

orientalis (Brooks, 1942).– Virginia (S&A, 1965), Manitoba, Ontario, Ohio, Québec, Maine (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx orientalis Brooks, 1942: 146. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, Virginia, Fairfax County, Dead Run.


pollinosa (Brooks, 1942).– British Columbia (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan, Colorado (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx pollinosa Brooks, 1942: 148. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Chilcotin.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 444), as Psalidopteryx pollinosa Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
Anarsia lineatella Zeller

pseudonuda (Brooks, 1942).– British Columbia, Idaho (S&A, 1965), Alberta (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx pseudonuda Brooks, 1942: 147. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Clinton. Type host: Acleris variana (Fernald) [published as Peronea variana], Tortricidae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 444), as Psalidopteryx pseudonuda Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Acleris variana (Fernald)

psilocorsiphaga (Brooks, 1942).– Ohio, Québec, Nova Scotia (S&A, 1965), Alaska, British Columbia to Ontario (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx psilocorsiphaga Brooks, 1942: 149. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Québec, Berthierville. Type host: Psilocorsis sp., Oecophoridae.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 445), as Psalidopteryx psilocorsiphaga Brooks*
Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae
Psilocorsis faginella (Chambers), Psilocorsis spp.
Lepidoptera, Olethreutidae
Epinotia solicitana (Walker), Eucosma rescissoriana Heinrich

slossonae (Townsend, 1916).– Québec, New Hampshire (S&A, 1965), British Columbia, Washington, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Psalidopteryx slossonae Townsend, 1916f: 22. Type data: holotype female (USNM). Type locality: USA, New Hampshire, Mount Washington.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 445), as Psalidopteryx slossonae Townsend*
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
"Telphusa" sp. probably
Unidentified Lepidoptera
Leaf tier(-s)
 

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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