Thelairophasia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae, subfamily Exoristinae. It is monotypic, containing a single described species, Thelairophasia transita Townsend, 1919. The genus and its sole species are endemic to Peru.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Subfamily: Exoristinae
- Tribe: Masiphyini
- Genus: Thelairophasia Townsend, 1919
- Type species: Thelairophasia transita Townsend, 1919
Species
- Thelairophasia transita Townsend, 1919
Distribution
The genus is known only from Peru, where the type specimen was collected.
References
- Townsend, C. H. T. (1919). “New muscoid genera, species and synonymy (Diptera). [Concl.]” Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 6: 157–182.
- O’Hara, J. E.; Henderson, S. J.; Wood, D. M. (5 March 2020). “Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World.” Tachinidae Resources.
*This entry is based on information available from the referenced taxonomic literature and the Wikipedia article on Thelairophasia (accessed 2023).