Zabrachia

Zabrachia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.[1][2] There are at least 20 described species in Zabrachia.[3][4][5][6] Adults can be distinguished from other Pachygastrinae by the fused R₄ and R₅ wing veins.[7] Females have been collected during oviposition into pine wood, and larvae are known to live under the bark of coniferous trees, including lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas fir.[7]

Zabrachia
Zabrachia tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Stratiomyidae
Subfamily:	Pachygastrinae
Genus:	Zabrachia Coquillett, 1901
Type species
Zabrachia polita Coquillett, 1901

Species

• Zabrachia albipilum Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia annulifemur Brunetti, 1920
• Zabrachia barbata James, 1980
• Zabrachia beameri Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia hebicornuta Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia hebicornutum Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia knowltoni Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia latigena James, 1980
• Zabrachia lopha Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia madagascariensis Lindner, 1959
• Zabrachia magnicornis Cresson, 1919
• Zabrachia mexicana James, 1980
• Zabrachia minutissima (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Zabrachia occidentalis Rozkosny & Baez, 1983
• Zabrachia parva Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia parvum Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia plicata Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia plicatum Kraft & Cook, 1961
• Zabrachia polita Coquillett, 1901
• Zabrachia pusilla James, 1980
• Zabrachia stoichoides James, 1965
• Zabrachia tenella (Jaennicke, 1866)[8]
• Zabrachia yuccae James, 1965

References

1. "Fauna Europaea". European Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
2. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
3. "Zabrachia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
4. "Zabrachia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
5. "Zabrachia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
6. "Browse Zabrachia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
7. Sherin, Lindley M. (2020). "Soldier flies of the subfamily Pachygastrinae of Canada (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 42. doi:10.3752/cjai.2020.42.
8. Jaennicke, Johann F. (1866). "Beitrage zur Kenntniss der europaischen Stratiomyden, Xylophagiden u. Coenomyiden sowie Nachtrag zu den Tabaniden". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 10 (1–3): 217–237. Retrieved 15 June 2017.