Trichoraea Cortés, 1974: 37

Alvarez-Garcia, Deivys M. & Santis, Marcelo Domingos de, 2021, Redescription of the Neotropical species Trichodischia soror Bigot, 1885 (Diptera: Tachinidae), with a new generic synonymy, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 61, pp. 1-7 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.64
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scientific name	Trichoraea Cortés, 1974: 37
status

Treatment

Trichoraea Cortés, 1974: 37 . Syn. nov.

Type species: Trichodischia caerulea Bigot, 1885 View in CoL , by original designation.

References: Evenhuis & Pont (2004: 60, list of genera described by Bigot); O’Hara & Henderson (2020: 76, world checklist of genera of Tachinidae View in CoL ); O’Hara et al. (2020: 176, world checklist of tachinids).

Diagnosis

Trichodischia differs from other Neotropical Voriini by the following combination of traits: eye setulose, male with strong orbital setae; parafacial with setulae throughout its whole extension; long prementum, equal to the head height; patch of long and hairs-like setulae on the midventral surface of the hind femur in males; tergites 3 and 4 with a pair of discal setae.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tachinidae